A paedophile sent a young girl sickening voice notes before stalking and stabbing her five times in the street.
Ellis Dismore, 24, posed as a teenage boy online to groom teenage girls over a seven-year period. He hounded his victims for sexual selfies and threatened them with rape and abuse if they did not follow his orders. One harrowing voice note heard him tell a 15-year-old girl he would happily do jail time for stabbing her in the heart.
Dismore was later captured on CCTV and dashcam footage chasing the terrified girl down the street with a knife. He brutally stabbed her five times in the back as she screamed for help before a stranger swooped in and helped her into their car. The girl, who had never seen Dismore but recognised his voice, said the female driver saved her life.
On Wednesday, Dismore was jailed for 38 years for attempted murder and more than 20 other offences, including inciting eight other girls he met online to engage in sexual activity. Speaking outside court, Detective Sergeant Andrew Hamilton, of Cleveland Police, commended the bravery of the women and girls who came forward. He said Dismore made “vile threats towards them and sent sickening voice notes threatening to rape and stab them”.
“Dismore’s offending escalated when he attacked one 15-year-old girl in the street with a knife in a terrifying assault as she went home from school, leaving her with serious injuries,” he said. “Had she not been saved by a courageous passer-by, she could have lost her life.”
Paedo knifeman caught on CCTV chasing and stabbing teen girl is jailed
Ellis Dismore was jailed for attempted murder after stalking and stabbing a 15-year-old girl in Middlesbrough
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Dismore posed as a teenage boy called James Wilson when he met the girl online in 2022. In a statement read to the court, the girl said she had been a “normal, happy” teenager who enjoyed socialising. But Dismore began to control her with threats to the point where she did not want to leave the house. When he demanded indecent pictures of her, she was terrified to say no.
“I did what he told me to because I was scared what would happen to me, my friends and family,” the girl said. She eventually confided in a friend who told her to block him online, but when she did, he sent the pictures to multiple people causing her to feel “terrified” of meeting anyone who had seen them. The girl eventually told her mum, who contacted the police.
Dismore sent her threatening voice messages in which he said he would happily do ‘jail time’ for stabbing her in the heart. In chilling Snapchats, he is heard saying that he will “f*****g get her raped and stabbed”. He adds: “I don’t even f*****g care as well if I get f*****g jail, yeah, ’cause I will happily, right, ruin her life. I will happily, yeah, put the knife straight in her heart and spin it around as all the blood pours out”.
He stalked and stabbed the schoolgirl on June 22, 2023, after sending her chilling Snapchat voice notes
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He was captured on CCTV purchasing a pack of steak knives from a supermarket before attacking the girl in Middlesbrough on June 22, 2023. Other victims said Dismore, again posing as teenager James, forced them into sending him indecent images of themselves. Judge Timothy Stead said Dismore was “dangerous” and had been “insidious” in his efforts to befriend the girls.
The judge said no one had calculated exactly how many girls Dismore had made contact with while hunting for victims, but added: “You must have been devoting an enormous amount of time and energy to this criminal activity.” The victim of the stabbing could “count herself very fortunate” she was not killed, he said, adding: “That her life was in peril cannot be doubted.”
Dismore, of Middlesbrough, was found guilty of 26 offences. He will have to serve a further five years on an extended licence after being deemed dangerous. A sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order banning Dismore from contacting any of his nine victims were also made.