What did Judge David Melville say in court? Judge Melville described Tomlinson as both depraved and dangerous and said the paedophile had derived significant sexual gratification from his crimes. He said: "The thought of such activity is sickening to decent people. The idea a mother could be persuaded to do this to her children is appalling to right-thinking people and was doubtless brought on by the destitution of the people you were transferring what was in your life very modest sums of money but to them it was considerable sums of money. "You represent as a very dangerous person as far as young girls are concerned."