WORCESTER — A British man who admitted planning to kidnap, torture and eat at least one child using a sound-proofed dungeon he built in his home in Massachusetts was sentenced to nearly 27 years in US prison on Tuesday. Geoffrey Portway, 40, a British citizen, was sentenced by Judge Timothy Hillman at U.S. district court in Worcester after pleading guilty in May to charges related to child pornography and plotting a kidnapping and violent crime. “The long and serious sentence ... reflects the serious nature of the crimes that he committed, and the fact that these are not victimless crimes,” U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz told reporters outside the courthouse. “We got there just in time, and I'm grateful for that.” Last year, federal agents investigating crimes against children discovered the sound-proofed dungeon, a child-size homemade coffin, a steel cage, a steel-topped table, butcher kits and restraints in the basement of Portway's Worcester residence, according to prosecutors. — Reuters
