MMORPG RUNESCAPE: Composer is released and condemned - after attack on girls

The 53-year-old Ian Taylor has composed the music of the MMORPGSrunescape to be widely composed. He has now guilty of a sexual attack on a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to a prison sentence. Developer JAGEX says in a statement: you have dismissed Taylor in March 2021 after examining the allegations.

What did he do in Runescape? From Ian Taylor, a large part of the music in Runescape and thus also in Oldschool Runescape, which are very successful Free2Play MMORPGs on Steam and Mobile. His music can listen to Amazon or YouTube (via YouTube) - and in the games.

Taylor was with Jagex since 1999. He was the first employee of Gower brothers at the company and has composed 635 songs. Taylor, also known as Mod Ian, was a central figure in the development of the MMORPGS (via Runescape.Wiki).

Drunk and depressed a girl touched

He stood: Taylor has stood a sexual assault on a girl, which was under 13 years old. This happened in the early hours of 21 December 2020.

Taylor gave to protocol, he was depressed and drunk at the time. It had been inappropriate to touch the girl.

The incident had come to light after the girl has entrusted itself to a family member.

The competent policeman says, I admire the courage of the young child to step forward and talk about the incident. Without this courage, Taylor could have been able to continue with his deeds.

This is the verdict: The 53-year-old Ian Taylor was sentenced to Petersborough, England, 22 months in prison. In addition, he is now valid for 10 years as a sex offender and is subject to the respective requirements.

Jagex has released the composer after the incident

That says Jagex: The developers of RUNESCAPE say in a statement to the US page Kotaku:

JAGEX expects compliance with the highest standards of its employees and we are decisive when the values ​​we hold up are not followed by employees.

The person to which it goes here is no longer working for Jagex: She was released when the circumstances of allegations came to light in March 2021.

We have initiated an internal investigation to deal with other employees and players: We have not found any hints that would justify further investigations.

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