Latest Offenders

Description

A man caught in the act by Metropolitan Police officers as he attempted to view horrific and indecent footage of children has been jailed for 12 years in prison – with a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.

Lester Sharpe, 46, (25.11.1977), of no fixed address, was handed the sentence at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 7 August. He pleaded guilty in June to the charge of arranging the commission of child sex offences and was remanded in custody.

Over April and May 2025, Sharpe believed he was speaking to a person who would facilitate an online live stream of an eight-year-old girl being sexually abused. The dangerous predator was in fact speaking with an officer from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit.

On the morning of Wednesday, 7 May Sharpe requested that the offence took place at a particular time that evening and made a specific request about what the child should wear during the abuse.

This active step to view the footage enabled officers to progress with an arrest. That same evening, police attended his place of work in Kensington while he was taking his break in the basement. They broke into the room through a locked door and found Sharpe as he prepared to access the live stream through his phone.

He was immediately arrested and subsequently charged.

Description

A man who harassed a woman after their relationship ended has been sent to prison.

Damien Asplen, 33, already had an injunction against him preventing him contacting his ex-partner after they split up last year.

However, he repeatedly breached it by sending her messages via text, WhatsApp, and Facebook, asking for money and help between January and March this year.

The woman from Cambridge managed to capture the messages and share them with police in a bid to stop the harassment escalating.

Asplen, of no fixed abode, admitted three counts of harassment and was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Monday (4 August) to 10 months for each offence, to run concurrently.

He also admitted failing to comply with Sex Offenders Register requirements for him to update where he was staying and was sentenced to six months imprisonment, to run consecutively.

He was also handed an additional 12 weeks, to run consecutively, for committing an offence during the qualifying time on a previous suspended sentence.

Detective Sergeant Beccy Steel said:

I hope this case serves as a reminder to anyone who believes it is ok to abuse or harass someone, whether they are in a relationship with them or not.

No means no and when a relationship ends and it is clearly over, its time to leave and move on. There is absolutely no excuse for this type of behaviour and the sentencing clearly reflects that.

I hope the victim can now move forward with her life knowing that justice has been done.

Description

A child molester who groped and abused a girl has been jailed for four years.

John Briggs, 60 and from Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, had a "devastating impact" on his young victim, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The girl said the abuse had led to her self-harming and being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adding she could never get back the time he had taken from her.

Briggs had denied all wrongdoing but was found guilty of eight counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.

'Egregious actions'

In a statement read to the court, the victim said she had been "scared" by the abuse and it "changed" her.

She said she now found it impossible to trust men or be alone with them for fear of what they would to do her.

"I can never get the time back he has taken away from me," the girl said.

Judge Julie Scott said Briggs, a former cabinetmaker and machine technician, had had a "devastating impact" on his young victim and his actions had been "egregious".

"She will have to live with what you did to her for the rest of her life," the judge told Briggs, adding "no sentence of any length could change that for her".

Briggs was also made subject of a sexual harm prevention order and must sign the sex offender register for life.

Description

A predatory paedophile fitted curtains in his car in order to rape an 11-year-old girl.

Christopher Rowbottom, 35, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to 13 years in prison, after the court heard he added the schoolgirl on TikTok before sending her messages on other platforms as well, including Snapchat, Discord and Roblox.

The court heard he "inserted himself into every facet of this young child's life".

The girl believed she was in a romantic relationship with Rowbottom.

He made lewd sexual suggestions about what he planned to do with her and called her his "wife".

The schoolgirl also sent naked pictures of herself to Rowbottom.

The father-of-two from Featherstone in West Yorkshire bought privacy curtains for his car and drove to Leicester at least four times to meet the girl.

Rowbottom, a warehouse worker, drove to a secluded car park and raped the girl on his back seats.

He was found guilty during a trial of rape, sexual communication with a child, two counts of meeting a child following sexual grooming, digital penetration and making indecent images of children.

Following his arrest, Rowbottom did not answer questions during an interview with police.

His devices were seized and analysed where Prosecutor Christopher Bevan said Rowbottom's searches on the internet "clearly showed an interest in children".

He added that Rowbottom had a "desire to take the virginity of the child".

The man's representative, Mohammed Rafiq, said his client knew "he will be getting a significant sentence. He has to accept that".

Rafiq added that his client was "showing signs of autism" and was a "bit of a loner".

Judge Tahir Khan KC told Rowbottom during sentencing that he "became besotted with her despite the fact she was only 11-years-old".

"You referred to her as your wife and you took advantage of her immaturity, emotionally and sexually," Khan said.

"You bombarded her with disturbing and highly-sexualised images."

Khan said he had travelled "at least four times ... to have sexual contact with her in a car park".

"None of your history can explain, let along justify anything that you did," the judge added.

Rowbottom has been added on the sex offender register for life.

He is also subject to a life-long sexual harm prevention order.

Description

A famous singer and actress who was sexually assaulted during a Soho massage has spoken out about her “devastation”, as her attacker is jailed for four years.

The star - a famous face to millions - was groped by a masseur when she went to the Rupert Jade Thai massage parlour for a treatment in March 2023.

She was asked to strip down to just her underwear and a towel, before masseur Sundaralingam Koodalingam subjected her to a series of sexual assaults on the treatment table.

At Southwark crown court on Wednesday, Koodalingam, 36, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two charges of sexual assault.

The woman, whose identity is protected as a sexual offences victim, penned a powerful impact statement which was read to the court, setting out the devastating damage to her personal and professional life.

“The widespread anger this despicable human has caused is vast and so very real”, she said, telling the court she has been “fundamentally changed”.

“My job needs me to be playful, open and light”, she said. “Creativity is stifled by insecurity.

“I don’t know if I will ever get back to who I was before that day. This man has taken away my trust, my innocence, and my ability to give everyone - especially a stranger who happens to be male - the benefit of the doubt.”

She told the court she suffers panic attacks and needed her father to accompany her on walks home from work in the aftermath of the attack.

“I look over my shoulder, expecting to be a victim of further abuse for speaking out against him”, she said.

“A grown-ass woman in her 30s... feeling unsafe to walk home alone from work due to one pathetic man is unbelievable.”

She said she needed therapy for anger issues, and detailed an incident when she “felt rage” at a stranger who winked and smiled at her.

“How dare you assume I wanted this attention”, she said. “No one wants this attention, you have no idea what effect you are having on someone.”

The court heard Koodalingam, who comes from the Maldives, moved to the UK in 2021 with his visa sponsored by a company based in the Cotswolds.

The attack happened on March 29, 2023, when the victim visited the massage parlour where he worked for the first time.

“She was naked but for her underwear and a towel”, said Recorder Jeremy Brier, setting out how Koodalingam touched the woman intimately and groped her breasts and nipples.

“This was a frightening and terrifying ordeal”, he said. “It was a violation.”

At trial, Koodalingam claimed the actress had invented the sexual assaults, and even at sentence he continued to protest his innocence.

The victim said she is “angry this man has taken anything from me at all, triumphant to say it is over, devastated it happen to me”, and expressed satisfaction at “taking one more disgusting predator off the street”.

“Tens if not hundreds of women are now safe”, she said.

The star also detailed her struggles with how she initially responded to the attacks.

“I have struggled with knowing who I was”, she said. “I always saw myself as someone who would stand up to fight.

“I had conversations like that so many times. I was so sure I would stand up, call out bad behaviour, and get the hell out, but I didn’t, and I really struggled with that.”

She said she initially joked with a friend about the incident, and now recognises her response was “human, vulnerable, and honest” and she “did absolutely nothing wrong that day”.

And she added her horror at one person’s reaction to news of the attacks, saying to her: “That’s not too bad, at least he didn’t rape you”.

“Imagine the sentence ‘at least he didn’t rape you’ being a silver lining.”

Koodalingam, of Ruskin Avenue in Manor Park, east London, was convicted by a jury of sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault.

His barrister, Ben Hargreaves, told the judge that Koodalingam faces an “especially hard” time in Britain’s “decrepit” prison system, as English is not his first language and he has never been behind bars before.

He has been on bail during legal proceedings, and was told he must serve two thirds of the four-year jail term.

Description

Police have released an image of an offender who has been jailed for multiple breaches of a sexual harm prevention order. 

Benjamin Robinson, 52, of Ock Street, Abingdon, pleaded guilty to three breaches ahead of his sentencing at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, August 5. 

The court heard he downloaded an app called Kik, deleted the history of chats on a Kik account and used an alias while using the internet, namely 'ukdad73', between May 19 and June 23. 

He was jailed for two years and a sexual harm prevention order was imposed.

He will also be on the sex offenders' register for 10 years and there was a deprivation order for his iPhone. 

Robinson was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £187.

An existing community order was revoked. 

The sexual harm prevention order he breached was imposed in 2023 when it was heard was caught chatting to ‘children’ using the same social media usernames that saw him hauled before the courts in 2019.

Description

Two survivors of sexual abuse have been praised by detectives for their help in ensuring a man who assaulted them twenty years ago faces jailtime.

Witness accounts and evidence given by the victims back in 2021 provided detectives with the evidence they needed to secure charges against Jason Usher.

The first survivor, a young girl at the time, was sexually assaulted by Usher numerous times.

The second victim, then a young boy, was also subjected to sexual assault throughout the same period.

Usher denied all allegations against him, but following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court in April 2025, the jury unanimously found him guilty of causing a girl to engage in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity under the age of 18 in the presence of a child and inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity.

Further offences included assaulting a girl with a part of his body and assaulting a girl by touching.

Usher, of HMP Fosse Way, Leicester, was jailed for a total of 12 years when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (4 August).

He was also convicted of two offences under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, and one count of actual bodily harm.

The 36-year-old was given a lifetime restraining order, forbidding him from contacting either victim, as well as a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ten years, and was added to the Sex Offenders’ Register.

The offender also pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine, being concerned in the supply of heroin, and possession of criminal property.

Detective Constable Helen Winstanley, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:

“Usher’s actions were deplorable and understandably, the survivors are still dealing with the effects of the abuse all these years later.

“I would like to commend the courage of the pair to come forward and make the report, as well as their ongoing strength throughout the investigation and lengthy court process.

“This outcome would not have been possible without them and also highlights how it’s never too late for victims of crime to come forward.

“We hope the jail term handed to Usher gives the victims and their families some closure.”

Description

A woman has shared the lifechanging impact of sexual abuse to encourage other victims to come forward.

The woman, who is not being named to protect her anonymity, was sexually assaulted by John Dowson, who is 82 and from the Whitby area.

Dowson was sentenced at York Crown Court this week for two indecent assaults and a sexual assault against multiple victims between the 1990s and last year.

She addressed Dowson directly in a statement prepared for the court, telling him: “My life was changed forever by your actions — not just mine, but the lives of so many others who were affected in the ripple effect of your choices.

“What you did caused me irreversible pain and fear. The kind of fear that creeps into everyday moments. That lingers within spaces where I used to feel safe.

“The damage you've done doesn't just fade with time, it follows me and I believe it always will.”

She said that the abuse has made it harder to trust people, adding: “I second guess my own instincts. You took a part of my happiness, security and tranquillity that day.

“I hate to give that power to another human being, but I'd hate even more to see you get away with it.”

Dowson was given a suspended 14 months custodial suspended for two years and ordered to do 250 hours of community service.

He was also given a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which imposes additional restrictions to stop him reoffending and will be closely managed by specialist police officers.

In addition, he was given a 10-year restraining order and has been added to the sex offenders’ register.

The woman welcomed the outcome, saying she is reassured that Dowson will be closely managed to prevent him reoffending.

She also thanked North Yorkshire Police for the support she had received during the investigation and urged anyone who’s experienced sexual abuse to have the confidence to come forward and report it.

The detective who led the investigation, Detective Sergeant Arthur Ames of Scarborough and Ryedale CID, said:

“I’d like to thank the victims in this case for having the courage to come forward.

“I also hope this will encourage others to come forward knowing that the police will investigate any allegations thoroughly, no matter when they happened.

“All of the victims have chosen to have their voices heard and have exposed Dowson’s offending over decades.

“Their courage has led to today’s conviction that will not only mean that they have been heard but that Dowson will be on the sex offenders’ register so police and partners can apply appropriate safeguarding measures and prevent any further offending by him. Dowson has pleaded guilty but has shown no remorse for his actions or the impact they have had on the victims and their families.”

Description

Webster, 42, who is originally from the Grimsby area of Humberside, was jailed for 10 years and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life in 2015 following two sexual offences.

He is now wanted in connection with a report that he has failed to comply with the notification requirements for the Sex Offenders' Register.

Webster has links to the whole of the South Yorkshire area, Humberside and Lincolnshire. He is aware he is wanted and is believed to be actively evading officers.

Extensive efforts have been made to trace him, and officers now want to hear from anyone who has seen or spoken to Webster recently or knows where he may be staying.

He is described as a white man of medium/stocky build, 6ft tall with very short brown hair and brown eyes. He is known to often wear sunglasses.

If you see Webster, please do not approach him and instead call 999. If you have any information on where he might be, you can provide information via 101 or online quoting investigation number 14/126361/25.

Description

A RAPIST who was today jailed for a 'horrific attack' on a woman in her Greenock home has now been unmasked. 

Robert McGregor, 44, was caged for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh. 

Following a request from the Tele, Police Scotland released a picture of McGregor and blasted his 'reprehensible actions'.

A judge told him today: "This was a horrific attack on a woman in her home in which your desire to humiliate and degrade is obvious."

Lord Young, who was provided with a victim impact statement, said: "The effect on her has been both traumatic and truly life altering."

The attack took place in the morning after a party and the woman described McGregor's whole demeanour changing before he launched the vicious assault.

Lord Young told McGregor: "You are a 44-year-old with a history of regular, often very well paid, employment."

The judge said he accepted that there was no pre-planning involved in the offence and noted that the rapist was assessed as posing a medium risk of re-offending.

Offshore scaffolder McGregor had earlier denied raping the woman but was convicted of the offence following a trial.

During the attack on August 22, 2020, he dragged the woman into the living room of her flat and pushed and grabbed her before raping her.

He threw her onto a couch and continued with the rape attack ignoring her when she repeatedly told him to stop. 

Defence counsel Edith Forrest said at the time of the rape attack he was drinking and occasionally using cocaine.

Following the sentencing, Detective Inspector David Tomlinson said: “McGregor’s reprehensible actions have caused lasting harm, and he will now face the consequences.

“We encourage anyone who has experienced any form of sexual or violent offence, regardless of when it happened, to report it.

"We will investigate all reports thoroughly and have specially trained officers and partner agencies who will support you throughout.”

Advocate depute Margaret Barron moved the court to grant a non harassment order and Lord Young made such an order prohibiting McGregor from contacting or attempting to contact the victim.

McGregor, formerly of Brown Street, was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.

Description

A woman has urged victims of sexual assault to come forward and get support after seeing her brother jailed for raping her 20 years ago.

Andrew McQueen, aged 30 and of Thomas Street, Cirencester, had previously admitted nine non-recent sexual offences against his sister, Charlotte, at a hearing earlier in the year.

He was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court following an investigation by Gloucestershire Constabulary's Criminal Investigation Department.

Charlotte McQueen, who has waived her right to anonymity, is now encouraging other victims and survivors of sexual abuse to come forward.

Speaking after the sentencing, 28-year-old Charlotte said: "As a victim, I never chose for this to happen or chose for him to do what he did.

"It makes you feel full of shame and guilt, but that is not yours to carry.

"I allowed him to have control over my life until now – that was 19 years of my life."

McQueen was aged between 11 and 15 at the time he committed the sexual abuse.

The court heard that Charlotte had come forward to police in February 2025 after her brother had texted her to ask for her forgiveness for his actions as a child.

As the conversation escalated, he then began to send threatening messages aimed at her and her children.

Charlotte then disclosed to police at that time that her brother had raped her multiple times between the ages of nine and 13.

Officers arrested Andrew and he eventually admitted sending the texts and raping his younger sister when they were children.

He told police he had been drunk at the time the texts were sent and that he had issues with his own mental health.

Charlotte told the court:

"Andrew, my big brother, was supposed to protect me. Instead I spent four years of my childhood living in fear of sexual and physical violence from him.

"Andrew took my innocence, my mental health and my happiness. Because of his actions, I spent ten years battling with my mental health.

"He has stolen my childhood. I struggle to remember the happy times because they are tainted by the misery and the pain that he caused me. I look at happy family photos and I feel the fear and the pain that he caused me.

"He made me feel like this was all my fault and I believed it. That's why I didn't speak out at the time and why I turned to self-harm. He punished me every time I succeeded and every time he struggled or got into trouble. 

"I know that the sexual abuse happened years ago. I tried hard to 'forgive and forget' but his behaviour has prevented that from happening. He has used it as a badge of honour, constantly reminding me. I tried to hide it and never went into any details about what he did, until I spoke to police.

"His threats against my family made me realise that I could not allow him to use this against me anymore and I could not allow him to threaten or intimidate my children."

On 13 June Andrew McQueen was sentenced to five years in prison, and must serve at least two years and eight months before being eligible for release.

Speaking after the sentencing, investigating officer Detective Constable Sarah Riordan said:

"This has been a difficult case and I want to commend Charlotte for coming forward and bravely confronting her brother for the sexual abuse he committed against her so many years ago.

"The pain and mental anguish he subjected Charlotte to has remained with her throughout her life, but her determination to see justice now be done is a credit to her strength and courage.

"I hope that Charlotte can now find peace and closure on the terrible ordeal she experienced as a child.

"It is never too late to report a rape or sexual assault. You will always be believed and we will do everything we can to investigate and bring any perpetrators to justice."

Charlotte echoed how coming forward is allowing her to begin to rebuild her life and credits the “amazing” support of her family, police officers and the judge.

She said:

“Andrew was adamant that nobody would believe me; that I would get my younger brother and sisters taken away from me.

"But I want anyone going through this to know that you will be believed and that it will be okay.

"Nobody questioned whether I was telling the truth or not. It will be hard and, mentally, it will be challenging, but the support that you will receive makes it manageable.

"Now I can get back to living my life; I can access support without this big secret hanging over me."

Description

A high-risk child sex offender was back in court after breaching the terms of a court order designed to address their deviant behaviour.

Zoe Spooks Hardy, who was arrested and charged under the name Luke Hardy, used a number of aliases for online accounts including dating and gaming apps.

The 24-year-old was made subject of a sexual harm prevention order in October 2022 for a five-year period after being sentenced for three counts of making indecent images of children, including eight of the most serious kind.

Saba Shan, prosecuting, said the defendant was arrested after police were tipped-off about their online activity and officers seized a mobile phone.

She said: “The officers identified that the defendant had been using three different alias names on a dating site, including the alias name ZHSpooks2k.

“Secondly, there was an email account registered under a female name. Finally, on the Clash of Clans online game, the defendant was using the alias name of ZoeH1337.”

Ms Shan said the defendant admitted using all three aliases when interviewed by police.

The court heard how the defendant has three previous offences for making indecent images of children and additional breaches of the SHPO.

Hardy breached that order in 2023 by deleting the internet history on their phone, including erasing dating apps from the handset.

Later in the same year, they were given a suspended sentence for a further breach of the SHPO after they downloaded Grindr, Kik, Growlr and Tinder.

Hardy, of Yarm Lane, Stockton, pleaded guilty to three breaches of their SHPO following their arrest last month in Bishop Auckland.

Judge Richard Clews jailed Hardy for eight months for breaching the SHPOs and an extra month when he activated part of previous suspended sentences.

He told the defendant: “It is appropriate to describe the breaches of the Sexual Harm Prevention Order as persistent and deliberate.”

Description

Detectives are encouraging victims of controlling and coercive behaviour to come forward after a man who admitted such crimes was jailed today (Tuesday 5 August).

After first meeting his victim, Dean Final began to control her life over several months.

His actions were brought to the attention of police early last year when his victim told a family member what happened and a report was made.

She told officers from Signal - our specialist rape and serious sexual violence investigation team - that Final had also raped her twice just days prior to the report being made and that he had also suffocated her.

In interview, detectives were told how 31-year-old Final had tried to prevent her from leaving the house by keeping her keys and bank card from her. He also repeatedly asked her to verify her location and send photos of where she was as he would accuse her of being with other men.

His actions meant she became alienated from her family and friends and Final even used her social media accounts to message one of her family members.

Final, now of HMP Leicester, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and one count of controlling or coercive behaviour, which included suffocation, when he appeared at Leicester Crown Court on 9 June.

Today he was sentenced to a total of 11 years and eight months’ imprisonment. He was also made subject to an 18-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and an indefinite restraining order.

The sentence also includes assault, controlling and coercive behaviour, non-fatal strangulation and criminal damage offences committed in Lancashire. These cases were not part of the Leicestershire Police investigation.

Detective Constable Caitlin Duggan, from Signal, said: “From very early on in this investigation it was apparent that Final wanted to completely control every aspect of the victim’s life.

“She said he’d told her that if he couldn’t have her, no-one could. It’s difficult to comprehend just what must’ve been going through her mind.

“Throughout our enquiries she showed immense bravery in providing information that allowed us to build a case which left him no alternative but to admit what he’d done. Thankfully, this meant she didn’t have to re-live her ordeal in front of a jury.

“I hope today’s outcome provides her with a degree of closure and allows her to move on with her life.

“The force takes reports of sexual offences, controlling and coercive behaviour and domestic abuse extremely seriously. I also hope this case encourages any other victims of such behaviour to speak out and make a report to police.”

Charlotte Caulton-Scott from the Crown Prosecution Service said:

“Dean Final has been exposed for what he really is – a violent, manipulative and controlling individual. He is where he belongs now, where he cannot do any more harm to women.

“There was absolutely no merit in claiming he had not been in control because of sexsomnia. Prosecutors recognised immediately that this was just an attempt to shirk responsibility for his violent conduct. We will continue to challenge the myth of sexsomnia because in the vast majority of cases, it is simply not justified.

“The use of physical and sexual violence in a relationship is abhorrent. I am so glad that his victims were able to escape the hold he had on them and receive the protection from the law they deserve.”

Description

A sexual predator who left a disabled victim terrified after a late-night assault has avoided jail despite a history of similar attacks.  

Sacha Mazouz, 47, approached the man outside Ramsgate railway station on June 8 after the victim missed his train.  

Drunk, Mazouz made explicit comments and touched the victim’s upper leg near his groin, causing him to flee to a phone box and call 999.  

Mazouz banged on the phone box, trying to reach him, until police arrived and arrested him.  

Magistrates in Margate heard Mazouz, from Folkestone, had prior sexual offense convictions, including a 2023 assault in a Canterbury public toilet that left a man fearing rape.  

Despite being called a “danger to the public,” Mazouz received a 24-week suspended sentence for two years instead of immediate custody.  

The victim said the assault left him trembling, depressed, anxious, and avoiding trains, now relying on taxis. He felt “violated” and struggled with intimacy.  

Prosecutor Lucie Fish said Mazouz made inappropriate sexual comments and touched the victim’s leg despite being told he wasn’t interested.  

Mazouz pleaded guilty to sexual assault and two counts of failing to comply with the sex offenders register.  

The court heard he had 17 prior convictions, including serious sexual offenses, robbery with an imitation firearm, and assaulting a teenage boy in 2013 after giving him alcohol and drugs.  

He also breached court orders in 2013 and 2019 and failed to declare a bank card and savings account, violating notification rules.  

Defence lawyer Stephen Evans said Mazouz admitted the offenses early and needed alcohol rehabilitation, claiming no substantial intervention had been provided since 2003.  

Magistrates noted the seriousness of his predatory behavior but gave him a suspended sentence, 20 rehabilitation sessions, a 26-session “Better Choices” program, six months of alcohol treatment, and a 7pm-6am curfew for six months.  

He also received a stricter 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was ordered to pay £272 in costs and a victim surcharge.

Description

A 48-year-old man from Felixstowe has been jailed for 18 years after being convicted of rape and assault offences.

Andrew Grinham, of Waveney Road in Felixstowe, had been found guilty of two counts of rape and three counts of assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH) by a jury on 29 May 2025 after an eight-day trial.

He appeared at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday 22 July where he was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment, with an extended licence period of five years, for the charges of rape. He was given a three-year concurrent sentence for causing ABH.

Grinham was also made subject of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite Restraining Order, and has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

The offences related to one victim, a woman, and took place over several years.

Detective Constable Jennifer Botting, the officer in charge of the case, said:

“Grinham carried out horrific abuse to his victim, causing long-lasting effects that have impacted her life and those around her.

“I want to commend her for the extraordinary courage she has shown in coming forward and seeing this case through to the end. We hope today’s outcome brings some measure of justice and reassurance – not only to the victim in this case, but to others who may be suffering in silence.

“I would also like to thank DC James Lait, who was the initial officer in charge of the case before I took on the investigation. His team progressed enquiries over a prolonged period to ensure we were able to reach the right outcome of the victim.

“Suffolk Constabulary remains committed to supporting survivors and bringing perpetrators to justice, no matter how long it takes.”