March 2016

‘Predatory’ paedophile jailed for 20 years

A paedophile who raped a child who was aged under 13 among a number of other sex offences, has been jailed for 20 years.

Robert Nelson Neill, 62, of Castle Hill Avenue in Folkestone was charged with:

  • One count of rape against a child aged under 13

  • Five counts of sexual assault

  • One count of inciting sexual activity with a child

  • Four counts of making indecent images

  • One count of taking an indecent image.

He pleaded not guilty to all charges and was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday March 3 after being convicted on Monday January 25.

The offences were committed between January 2011 and October 2014.

Judge Heather Norton jailed him for 20 years and added an extra four years to his sentence, which he will serve on licence.

Neill has been put on the Sex Offenders’ Register and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely, and will be barred from working or volunteering with children.