Paramedic struck off over child abuse conviction

An experienced parademic has been struck off after admitting child sex offences.

Gary Hutton, who had worked for Yorkshire Ambulance Service since 1998, was jailed for 10 years after pleading guilty at Sheffield Crown Court in November 2025 to two counts of attempting to arrange or facilitate child sexual abuse.

The Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service heard he had been exchanging messages about sexual activity with adults and their children while at work, including sharing photos of himself in his uniform in an ambulance.

Barring him from the profession, a disciplinary panel said he had "failed to demonstrate insight or acknowledge the impact of his intended actions on the victims".

They said they "could not envisage a return to practise for this Registrant in the short to medium term, or even long term, or at all".

The hearing was told Hutton was arrested after being involved in an online chat with an undercover female profile, during which he discussed "sexual activity with the adults as well as with their children and meeting up to 'educate' them".

When police interrogated Hutton's phone they found further chats with adult females with children.

The panel was told Hutton repeatedly sent messages of a sexual nature while at work, "taking his attention away from those he was required to care for".

They also heard his conduct was directed towards children as young as six.

In their report they said: "[Hutton] was attempting to engage in the sexual abuse of children with less possibility of being caught due to the parent agreeing to it.

"The children were particularly vulnerable as their parents, who should be protecting them, were not fulfilling that role."

Hutton, who is currently an inmate at HMP Doncaster, did not engage with the disciplinary process.

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