May 2016

Man, 50, jailed for seven years for sexual offences

A 50-YEAR-OLD man has gone to jail for seven years after being found guilty of sexual offences.

Richard Payne, of South Coast Road, Peacehaven, was told he would be registered as a sex offender for life when he was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday.

He was found guilty of two sexual assault charges against a woman in her twenties in Hassocks nearly a decade ago, and a sexual assault against another woman in her twenties in Burgess Hill last year.

Detective constable Nathalie Bundy of the West Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: “This was a complex investigation and both victims gave evidence in court.”