Colin Gregg, 75, who help build the bakery chain, called a 'predatory paedophile' by judge at Newcastle Crown Court The son of the founder of the Greggs bakers chain has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years after being branded a "sophisticated, predatory paedophile" by a judge. Colin Gregg, 75, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court having been convicted of nine counts of indecent assault on four boys over a period of decades.