Pervert pensioner who blackmailed girl over naked selfies dies at Leyland's Wymott Prison
The paedophile died half way through his sentence.
An investigation has been carried out into the death of a sex offender at Leyland’s Wymott Prison.
Barry Doyle, from Stretford, Greater Manchester, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2022, after admitting 14 charges including sexual assault; inciting a child to engage in sexual activity; child abduction; and making and possessing indecent images.
At the time of his trial, the MEN reported that the retired toolmaker blackmailed a girl he had groomed into sending him naked selfies during an abuse ordeal and threatended that he would share the pictures with others unless she submitted to further sexual demands.
When he was arrested, police discovered he had given her six mobile phones and on occasions used them to film himself molesting her. Officers seized a sex doll from his property plus a bag containing pairs of young girl's underwear.
During his trial at Minshull Street Crown Court, the judge called him ‘a dangerous offender’ and it emerged that he had a previous conviction from 1981 for indecent assault after he gave another girl money to strip before he attacked her.
Doyle was told that following his release from jail, he would be on licence until 2032, but he died aged 74 on July 9, 2025.
A Prisons and Probabtion Ombudsman (PPO) investigation into the circumstances was made public last week.
NHS England commissioned an independent clinical reviewer to review Mr Doyle’s clinical care at HMP Wymott.
A PPO report states: “The clinical reviewer concluded that the clinical care Mr Doyle received at Wymott was of a good standard and at least equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the community. She found good evidence of compassionate interactions between Mr Doyle, healthcare and custodial staff.”
The PPO did not find any non-clinical issues of concern and made no recommendations.
Cause of death
Doctors ruled that Mr Doyle’s cause of death was from coronary atheromatous disease (a buildup of fat in the arteries near the heart), contributed to but not caused by hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
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