The Sun newspaper in London contains some new and troubling information about who it is describing as the the "vile" kids’ activity supervisor on Cunard luxury cruise liners.
Prior newspaper accounts have avoided stating exactly when Trotter began working for Cunard and when he ended his employment. It would be a simple matter for Cunard to explain his exact dates of employment and include information explaining when he worked on Cunard’s three cruise ships, the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. Such information may provide some peace of mind for concerned parents.
But instead there is no such information publicly available.
The Sun’s article Cruise Ship Pervert’s Sex Assaults on Kids indicates that Trotter worked on Cunard cruise ships for seven (7) years and supervised children over the course of two hundred and ninety-five (295) cruises. Prior accounts suggest he worked for 4 to 5 years.
It further states that he admitted to 24 sexual offenses involving "involving victims aged between seven and 13 — mostly boys." He filmed himself abusing the child and was also caught with child pornography he down loaded from the internet. The specific offenses are as follows:
He admitted 12 counts of sexual assaulting a child under the age of 13, one count of sexual activity with a child under the age of 13, five counts of taking indecent images of a child, five of making indecent images of a child and one of possessing indecent images of a child.
Many families who cruised with Cunard are understandably concerned about whether Trotter abused other children. One person who left a comment on the Sun article:
"My son was in the care of this sick pervert on several occasions, NSPCC refered my complaint back to Cunard and violated confidentiality. I want to find out what were the ages of victims, I suspect toddlers. Trust me, there may be hundreds of victims, he was the supervisor of childrens programs on all 3 Cunard ships."
Read our other articles about Mr. Trotter here.