A "trusted and skilled" masseuse has been unmasked as a "sexual predator". Chrosphero Caballero, who ran his own sports massage business, has been locked up after sexually assaulting a number of his clients over the course of several years. He was said to have "built up their confidence" in his professional abilities before cynically abusing them.
A judge today told the year-old that he had hidden "another side" of his character away from his public persona. A trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard that Caballero - of Allport Lane in Bromborough , Wirral - was born in the Philippines, where he qualified as a sports massage therapist.
The dad also worked in Singapore before moving to the UK and set up his own enterprise in Birkenhead during But David Polglase, prosecuting, described how he went on to sexually assault four women while alone with them in a treatment room at his base on Argyle Industrial Estate between and One was "locked in the shop" as she received a deep tissue massage, during which Caballero placed his hands inside her underwear while he played "slow, romantic music.
Another victim was abused on two occasions during visits to his premises while receiving treatment for a shoulder injury, rubbing his genitals against her and similarly touching her genital area. Caballero forced his tongue into another patient's mouth as she lay on a treatment bed, after which he asked her "can we keep this between you and me? He meanwhile pulled the fourth complainant's underwear down during a massage and touched her intimately. Gemma Maxwell, defending, today highlighted how her client, who has no previous convictions, had allowed Ukrainian refugees to stay at his home for a period of nine months and told the court: "This is a defendant with a young son.
He is still in a relationship with his ex-wife. The impact of an immediate custodial sentence upon them cannot be overstated, not least because the child suffers from ADHD and is on the autism spectrum.
