Hartlepool man behind bars after bribing young girl with alcohol for sex
A pervert has been handed a suspended sentence after he groomed an underage girl for sexual activity
Andrew Colin Usher, 56 of Barbara Mann Court in Hartlepool appeared at Teeside Court for sentencing
Usher was committed to prison for 26 weeks suspended for 18 months after communicating with a girl under the age of 16 for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, namely using sexual language to attempt to bribe them with alcohol to return to his address.
The court was told that Usher had sent highly sexualised messages with the full intent of the grooming the girl for sexual activity
Usher pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and was made to pay £250 in compensation, £128 to victim services and £600 to Crown Prosecution Service.
In 2019, Usher was handed a 12 month community order after making repeated nuisance calls to police
Man jailed for having sex with 13-year-old at party in County Durham
A pervert who had sex with a 13-year-old girl at a party claimed he was unaware of her exact age at the time.
Jamie Cullen, now 21, was jailed for two years after a judge said he believed there may be some doubt about his knowledge of the girl’s age, but he would have been aware she was under 16.
The incident stemmed from a party staged in County Durham.
Cullen, of Bank Top Terrace, Trimdon Village, County Durham, admitted sexual activity with a child at a previous hearing.
But, when he appeared at Durham Crown Court for the scheduled sentencing hearing last Friday (January 18) there was a dispute as to his basis of plea.
Julie Clemitson, prosecuting, said the Crown could not accept his assertion of being uncertain over the girl’s age at the time, as it was considered that he had been told by her own sister.
She told the court today (Tuesday January 22) she had previously made Cullen aware of her sister’s age.
But Cullen claimed he was unsure exactly how old the sister was at the time of the incident, although it was accepted she was underage.
Jailing him, Judge Christopher Prince told Cullen the appropriate sentence, according to the recommended guidelines, would have been three years had he not pleaded guilty.
The judge added: “I have also considered carefully if this is an appropriate case for a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, or a restraining order, but in both cases I think it is not.”
But he told Cullen that his name will be entered on the Sex Offenders’ Register, of which he will be subject for the next ten years.
Paedophile, 73, locked up for more than five years for string of sex offences against underage boy
An elderly paedophile has been jailed after committing a string of child sex offences.
David Stanwick carried out the sickening crimes against an underage boy.
The 73-year-old was accused of three counts of causing or inciting a boy to engage in penetrative sexual activity and one charge of sexual activity with a boy under 16.
He also faced two further allegations of engaging in sexual activity in the prescence of a child under 16.
Stanwick, of Belgrave Street, Darlington, pleaded not guilty to all six charges.
However he was found guilty by a jury on March 29, following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.
Stanwick was also ordered to abide by a sexual harm prevention order and sign the sex offenders register indefinitely.
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County Durham rapist filmed vile attack on sleeping victim
A rapist who filmed himself sexually assaulting his sleeping victim was caught when she found the footage on his phone and changed his pin number so he could not delete it.
Daniel Campbell took advantage of his victim as she slept and recorded some of what he did to her on his mobile phone.
The woman noticed her clothing was inside out when she woke up and her suspicions grew.
So she took Campbell’s mobile phone to the toilet to check and was horrified to find the footage in his deleted folders.
The quick-thinking victim changed his pin number on his phone so he was unable to permanently erase it and contacted police.
The incident was reported to Northumbria Police and an investigation was launched by the force’s Safeguarding unit.
He initially denied any wrongdoing but the video proved that was not the case.
Now Campbell, 26, has been jailed for six years at Newcastle Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to rape and three sexual assault offences.
As well as the six year prison sentence, Campbell, of South Burns, Chester-le-Street, will be subject to indefinite sex offender registration and an indefinite restraining order.
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