Jail for pervert who posed as a farm hand

The depraved leader of a sex ring targeting teenage girls has been jailed for nine years after being found working as a farm hand in Ibiza. Paul Silverthorn, 35, fled to Spain with his lover Leila Kassam, 32, before they could be sentenced for the sexual abuse of a 15 year-old victim. Silverthorn, who also abused a 16 year-old girl, had been sentenced to nine years in his absence in June last year. The pair were leading figures in the…