A holidaymaker helped catch a child rapist he saw with groups of young girls at a Kenyan hotel.
David Bushell contacted the National Crime Agency as he believed something was ‘seriously wrong’ as he watched Keith Morris, 72, with groups of 10 to 12-year-olds over three days.
He had questioned hotel staff about Morris and was told he was in the process of adopting eight girls.
But Mr Bushell said his ‘gut instinct’ made him alert authorities.
Morris, from Hull, went on to be convicted of four counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, two charges of sexual assault and two counts of perverting the course of justice.
The retired locksmith, who had repeatedly visited a rural village in Kilifi County over a period of about 20 years, was jailed for 18 years and six months.
Mr Bushell said he believed people should act on their instincts.
He told the BBC: "Ultimately if there is nothing wrong then all you will do is cause someone a small amount of stress but if there’s something seriously wrong you may save someone’s life or save them from the horrendous actions of someone that is quite monstrous."
Child sexual exploitation in tourism is one of the problems being tackled by the UNWTO’s Tourism Network on~Child~Protection, which has been in operation since 2007.
