September 2021: A child rapist who subjected to children to years of abuse has had his jail sentence upped to 18 years.

Carterton paedophile Anthony Pitts, 39, who was sent to prison for 12 years in June, will serve an additional year on licence.

It follows a decision by the Court of Appeal this morning that the term handed down at Oxford Crown Court for rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of a child under 13 by penetration was unduly lenient.

March 2021

Pervert guilty at Oxford Crown Court of 13 offences

Anthony Pitts

A Paedophile has been found guilty of 13 counts of sexual offences against two children

Anthony Pitts, of Milestone Road, Carterton, was convicted of raping a boy over 16 and inciting a boy under 16 to commit an act of gross indecency as well as two counts of raping a boy under 16 and gross indecency with a boy under 16. 

The 39-year-old was also convicted of seven counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration after a seven-day trial at Oxford Crown Court.

All the incidents happened between 1995 and 2005 in Oxfordshire and involved two victims, who cannot be named for legal reasons. 

Pitts was also found not guilty of five other sexual offences – one of which related to another victim.

He will be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on May 10 and has been remanded in custody until then.