Kirk Reid was raised by his mother in Battersea, London, until the age of nine, and then spent time periodically in the care system.
12 Facts About Kirk Reid
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Kirk Reid has three brothers, some of whom are half-siblings; one of them was a Metropolitan Police constable at the time of Kirk Reid's arrest.
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Kirk Reid made his living as a chef, and at the time of his arrest, he was head chef at Camberwell College.
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Kirk Reid's avocation was football, and he refereed and coached amateur matches in the Wimbledon district league and Battersea Park, sometimes for teams of children and women.
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At the time of his arrest in 2008, Kirk Reid lived in Cavendish Road, Balham, with his partner of five years, and owned a second property nearby.
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Kirk Reid's victims ranged in age from 28 to 61, and at least one woman was visibly pregnant.
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That same year, Kirk Reid was accused and acquitted of indecent assault after a woman claimed he attacked her in an alley.
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Kirk Reid was arrested five days after a DNA test positively linked him to several attacks.
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Kirk Reid replied, "I did it", a confession he later retracted.
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Kirk Reid was found guilty of two counts of possessing indecent images of children on his home computer.
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The judge recommended that Kirk Reid serve at least seven-and-a-half years before being considered for release.
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In January 2018, more than a year after Kirk Reid's recommended non-parole period had elapsed, the Parole Board announced that his case had come up for review "following the standard six-month process for all indeterminate sentence prisoners".