The former patron of an LGBT educational charity for children in the UK has been jailed for 24 years for the rape of a 12-year-old boy.

Stephen Ireland, 41, who also co-founded Pride in Surrey in 2018, is reported to have plied the "extremely vulnerable" child with drugs, and was also charged with a number of other sexual offences.

Ireland, who comes from the Surrey area, is a former patron of the LGBT charity Educate & Celebrate, an influential educational charity that closed in 2024 amid a string of controversies.