A TWISTED ex-BBC Radio One DJ has been found GUILTY of arranging sex with 12-year-old kids in the Philippines.
Mark Page, 63, even tried to bargain down the price for one sexual encounter with a girl aged 12 and a boy of 13.
He said 3,000 pesos – around £44 at today's exchange rate – was too much.
Page was convicted of four out of five counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.
The jury cleared him of one of the charges.
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Two of these offences were committed remotely from the UK in 2016, while two happened in the Philippines on separate trips made by Page in 2016 and 2019.
The divorced dad-of-three worked at Radio One in the 1980s.
He had a lengthy career in broadcasting and set up a successful radio station for the British Army.
Page was also well known on Teesside as the match announcer at Middlesbrough FC games for 20 years until his arrest.
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He used frequent business trips to the Philippines – as well as charity work- as a cover for his perverted interest in underage sex.
Facebook alerted a charity following concerns raised about messaging on its platform.
Analysts studied a tablet, mobile phone and computer tower and checked his Skype activity, texts, bank account and money transfers before charging him.
Page told the court that his devices had been hacked but did not mention this while he was being interviewed by police, as he gave "no comment" answers, later explaining to the jury he was in shock.
Jo Kidd, prosecuting, drew parallels with higher profile paedophiles than Page during her damning closing speech to the jury.
Miss Kidd said: "Some of you may be old enough to remember Jim'll Fix It.
"You will remember watching It's a Knockout.
"You will remember revelling in the size of Gary Glitter's shoes.
"They were people who were spoken highly of, even people who were knighted by the Queen."
She said there was almost a "state funeral" for Savile, with his golden coffin taken through the streets of Leeds.
Miss Kidd continued: "I am not saying this on the basis that just because Mr Page was a Radio One DJ, that it makes him guilty of these offences.
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"But it is worth noting, when one puts on a public face, when one carries out charity work, it does not mean the underbelly of their sexual depravity is not real."
Page, of Ingleby Barwick, Teesside had no previous dealings with police and was of previously good character.
He will be sentenced at Teesside Crown Court on Thursday.
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