In 2023, Lancashire Police received a report that Latham had raped a girl in Heysham, who was aged 12 at the time. Latham was arrested on suspicion of rape and a joint investigation with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) commenced. He would also send explicit videos and images of himself in response to what they had shared with him. Of the 41, eight of the children remain unidentified, but the rest have been safeguarded from further harm, police said. “If you have been a victim of any sexual offending in Lancashire, I want you to know that we will listen to you, we will appropriately investigate, and we will do all we can to get you justice.”