March 2007

Graham Ruff found guilty of 15 sexual offences against 2 boys and jailed for 12 years

Graham Ruff, of Burnside, Gosport, claimed at his trial that he had started a consensual sexual relationship with one boy after he was 18

The 41-year-old told the court that nothing had happened between them before that age, and that the boy had simply made up all the allegations.

But the jury found him guilty of four counts of indecent assault, one count of rape, one of buggery and one of taking an indecent picture – all relating to that boy.

Ruff was also convicted of seven counts of indecent assault on the other boy and one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. The boy had endured regular abuse from nine to 15 years old

Ruff was Jailed for 12 years and placed on the sex offenders register for life