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A MAN has been jailed for 14 years for multiple sexual offences against women and children.

Simon Arden appeared at Chester Crown Court on Thursday, April 17, where he was handed the sentence.

The 41-year-old, of Macclesfield, had previously been found guilty of multiple offences.

These included rape, sexual assault, exposure, sexual assault of a child under 13, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

In April 2024, police received reports of rape and sexual assault committed by Arden between 2011 and 2021 against multiple victims.

A woman told police she had been sexually assaulted by Arden multiple times when she was a child.

He also exposed himself in front of her and engaged in sexual activity in her presence.

Further victims also spoke to police. Another woman told officers Arden had raped her in 2013. He had also sexually assaulted her and exposed himself to her.

A further victim disclosed Arden had exposed himself to her in 2016.

Meanwhile, a teenager told police she had also been sexually assaulted by Arden as a child.

Arden was subsequently arrested and later charged in relation to the offences.

He was found guilty on Friday, February 21, following a two-week trial at Chester Crown Court.

On top of the custodial sentence, Arden has also been issued with indefinite restraining orders against the victims and is subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

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A Coventry man has been convicted of indecent exposure and sexual assault following an incident in the city this week.

Ranjit Sadra appeared before magistrates today (24 April) where he pleaded guilty to the charges.

The 45-year-old approached a woman in War Memorial Park in Cheylesmore, exposed himself and then undressed while other members of the public were nearby, including young children.

He also touched another woman inappropriately elsewhere in the park.

Officers were called to the park where they arrested Sadra and charged him with indecent exposure and sexual assault.

At his hearing today, Sadra pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody before his sentencing at Coventry Crown Court on 22 May.

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A man who raped and sexually assaulted women he met on a dating app described as 'predatory' has today (Thursday 24 April) been jailed for 12 years.

Jamie Kadolski, aged 24, of Ladysmith Road, Norwich, was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court following a trial at the same court in November 2024 where he was found guilty of three counts of rape,  three sexual offences against one woman and a total of three sexual offences against two other women.

Kadolski was sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison and three years on extended licence. 

Kadolski first came to the attention of police in January 2023 when a women who had met him on a dating app reported a sexual assault. He was arrested and questioned and released on bail while further enquiries were made. In September 2023 two other women contacted police to say they too had been assaulted by him.

Kadolski was charged in April 2024 and remanded in custody until his trial.

The court heard that some of the victims reported Kadolski wearing an ambulance service uniform to gain their trust before he assaulted them. Kadolski had previously worked as an ambulance call handler and a hospital healthcare assistant and had retained uniforms and ID cards associated with those roles even though he was not permitted to. In fact when officers attended Kadolski's home after his arrest they found an array of uniforms and medical equipment he was not entitled to have or use.

Kadolski was not a paramedic but had posted a photograph on social media of himself wearing paramedic epaulettes. He'd previously worked as a first aider at private events and manipulated that green coloured uniform to make it look like he was a paramedic.  The court heard how he also used stickers on his ID card to hide the more junior roles he had held in healthcare settings.

In statements read out in court his victims told of the impact Kadolski's attacks had had on them.

One woman said: "Almost every night I have these nightmares that Jamie's got into my house and comes into my room and rapes me over and over then I wake up, having just relived all of it again, and then have to go about my day as normal.

"I used to go out almost every weekend and had a very vibrant social life, now I'm lucky if I see my friends once through the month because I just do not feel comfortable outside my own house."

Another woman told how the attack affected a recent hospital admission. She said : "I demanded to leave because I was so triggered by the healthcare workers.

"Every worker had Jamie's face and every footstep was his. I am a wreck and a shell of who I once was.

"Wherever I go, I look for the exit and stay as close to it as possible. I have forgotten what it feels like to be safe"

Detective Constable Claire Floyd, who led the investigation, described Kadolski as "predatory and remorseless" and paid tribute to his victims for coming forward.

She said: "The incredible strength and courage these women have shown throughout the investigation and criminal justice process cannot be overstated.

"All have suffered truly traumatic ordeals at Kadolski's hands. It is thanks to them that he is now behind bars and no longer able to cause harm to anyone else.

“Although no sentence can ever make up for what happened to these women, I hope today's result can give them some sense of comfort that this dangerous and manipulative sexual predator will be in prison for a significant period of time."

Kadolski was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite Restraining Order and will have to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life.

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A convicted sex offender who admitted sexually assaulting three women in Boston has been jailed for 21 months.

Andrew Lack, 57, used his job as a gardener to approach vulnerable women in Boston.

Lincoln Crown Court heard on Thursday (April 24) Lack approached one of his victims on a street in Boston and kissed her on the lips after previously offering to do her garden.

The woman insisted she did not consent to the kiss and said it made her feel sick.

A second woman described how Lack also kissed her on the cheek after engaging her in a sexual conversation outside her home in Boston on November 10, 2023.

Lack then pulled the woman towards him and kissed her on the lips.

A third woman reported being repeatedly "groped" on the bottom by Lack who also kissed the top of her head.

Lack gave no comment interviews to the police.

The court heard Lack had a previous conviction for touching a young woman on a train near Sleaford in 2014 and was jailed for 19 months in 2017 for sexually assaulting two elderly women.

Lack, 57, of Maud Street, Boston, pleaded guilty to five charges of sexual assault between 2019 and 2023.

Anna Soubry, mitigating for Lack, said he had insisted that he was "very sorry."

Miss Soubry said: "The best point I can make on behalf of this man is that he pleaded guilty, and at the first opportunity, sparing the victims giving evidence.

"He was arrested in November 2023 and has not committed any offences since."

Passing sentence Recorder Adrian Jack told Lack his previous convictions suggested he posed an ongoing risk to women.

"The problem is you have not dissimilar convictions in 2014 and 2017," Recorder Jack said.

A restraining order was also made which prevents Lack having any contact with the three victims.

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A woman has bravely spoken out after she and another victim were assaulted by a child sex offender from East Bergholt, who has now been jailed for 12 years.

The two women spoke to Essex Police in 2022 to disclose the historic offences committed by 36-year-old Lloyd Prior.

Prior, of Broom Knoll in East Bergholt, was accused of multiple sexual offences against the two women, who were children at the time of the offences, between 2005 and 2013.

He pleaded not guilty and stood trial at Chelmsford Crown Court on 20 January 2025, and a jury found him guilty of 10 charges – three counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, three counts of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, and two counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration.

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison at the same court on Wednesday 23 April.

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A child sex offender from Newcastle-under-Lyme has been jailed.

Paul Leon, aged 63, of Kidsgrove, was given a 10-year sentence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Thursday 17 April after he was previously found guilty following a trial of two counts of sexual assault of a girl.

The offences happened more than five years ago before the victim bravely came forward and told someone what happened to her.

We started work to build the case and questioned Leon in custody. He denied everything and continued to deny it until a jury deemed him guilty following a trial in November last year.

As part of his sentencing, Leon was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

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A registered sex offender has been jailed after pleading guilty to online sex offences.

Martin Rudd, 45, from Elizabeth Street, Blackpool appeared in Preston Crown Court today (Thursday 24 April) where he was sentenced to 20 months custody after pleading guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child, attempted breach of Sexual Harm Prevention Order and breach of Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

The court heard that between 10 January and 22 January 2025, Rudd engaged in a sexual communication with a male under 16 years old. During those conversations Rudd described the sexual acts he was intending to do with the child. 

In March 2025, Rudd was arrested at his home address by detectives from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU). He was found to be in breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

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A man who attacked and raped a woman in Bristol more than 23 years ago has been jailed for ten-and-a-half years.

Inderjit Singh Bains, 46, of Heneage Lane, Falfield, committed the attack on a woman after picking her up in his van.

The victim, now in her fifties, reported the incident to the police in January 2022 and had crucially memorised the offender’s number plate, which helped lead to his identification and arrest.

A jury unanimously found Bains guilty of rape and actual bodily harm following a trial at Bristol Crown Court in March.

At the sentencing hearing held earlier today (Friday 25 April) in Bains’ absence, Judge James Patrick said the offence involved “a degree of abduction” and the attack was “prolonged and persistent”, which had a “long-standing emotional effect” on the victim.

Bains picked up the victim, who was in the street sex trade, in his white panel van in the St Werburghs area of the city at around 1am on 10 January, 2002. The van had been circling the area and eventually stopped outside a pub, where Bains beckoned to the victim to go over.

After agreeing a fee, Bains drove towards Eastgate, where the victim had asked to go. But he didn’t turn off and headed up the M32 towards Frenchay, where he stopped in a secluded area off Stoke Lane.

The victim asked for payment first, which Bains pretended to reach for in his jacket pocket before punching her repeatedly to the face and body, causing her to lose and swallow a tooth.

He then raped her, without using a condom, before telling her to get dressed and driving her back into the city.

To protect others, the victim made a report to the One25 Project, which supports women in the street sex trade, soon after the attack. This report included a detailed description of the offender as well as his number plate

In an impact statement read to the court, the victim said: “The immediate impact of this crime on me was so traumatic that I used heroin to suppress any emotional impact, the physical impacts of the attack healed after time, but the emotional impact will stay with me forever.

“The flashbacks, panic attacks and nightmares I have continue to this day. I truly thought I was going to die that night, that kind of trauma is not easily fixed.

“There is still so much judgement and stigma around women who are trapped in the lifestyle I was, that it’s easier to let people think I’m crazy, as how do I explain what happened to me?

“For me to come forward again all these years later was the hardest decision I had to make, as I didn’t trust the police or the justice system to take me or the crime against me seriously…I didn’t realise how much emotional trauma I’d locked away about the attack.

“If it wasn’t for the empathetic, non-judgemental nature of my investigating officer, I would never have put myself through the retraumatising effects of a trial, but I am told this is also part of my healing process.

“Going to court was terrifying, especially having to face him, but I’m so glad I did as I see him not as a monster, but as a coward who preys on the most vulnerable people in society.”

Speaking afterwards, the victim added she also wanted to thank the jury for believing her and delivering a guilty verdict in this case.

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A PERVERT who filmed videos of naked women in the changing room cubicles at a leisure centre has been jailed.

Richard Halck, formerly of Winsford, was caught on August 22, 2023, filming one of his victims on his mobile phone.

The woman, at Winsford Lifestyle Centre, calmly got dressed before alerting staff to the 38-year-old's offence. 

She also asked a member of the public to prevent Halck, now of Landor Way, Stafford, from leaving before police arrived.

Halck was arrested before his phone was seized and analysed, revealing several other videos of women filmed without their knowledge.

The videos were all filmed between July 7, 2022, and August 22, 2023, at various locations across Winsford.

Police officers were able to identify three of the victims, however a number of others have never been identified.

Halck was charged with eight counts of voyeurism, which he pleaded guilty to at Chester Magistrates Court on March 25.

After the lower court decided it did not have the necessary sentencing powers, the case was sent to Chester Crown Court.

Halck appeared at the crown court on Thursday, April 24, where His Honour Judge Simon Berkson jailed him for 55 weeks.

Judge Berkson also ordered Halck to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years, as well as handing him a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and restraining order to prevent him contacting his victims.

Detective Constable Sarah Ollier, who led the investigation for Cheshire Police, said: "Firstly, I would like to praise the courage of the victims in this case.

"To discover that someone has filmed you without your consent must have been terrifying, but thanks to their bravery he has now been held accountable.

"Halck’s actions have had a lasting impact on his victims, who were simply going about their daily business.

"He violated his victims’ personal space and privacy, filming them without their consent in places that they should be able to feel safe.

"This result reinforces our commitment to tackling violence against women and girls, we will prevent, deter and take action against anyone who preys on women and girls."

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A man deemed to be a danger to teenage girls has been handed a strict court order that restricts his behaviour for five years.

The sexual risk order (SRO) was placed on Amadu Tavares, 23, of Watergall, Bretton, Peterborough at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday, April 24).

An SRO is a civil order which can be sought by the police against someone who has not been convicted or cautioned of any offence but is thought to pose a risk of harm.

The conditions state Tavares must not:

• Contact or attempt to contact any girl under the age of 18, directly or indirectly, except as is an unavoidable part of daily life, or unless supervised by an adult with knowledge of the SRO
• Be present in any premises at which any girl under the age of 18 resides for more than 12 hours within any 24-hour period, save with family members previously notified to police and the supervision of an adult with knowledge of the order
• Follow or loiter near any girl under the age of 18 in a public place
• Be in any road vehicle (not including buses) with a girl under the age of 18

Tavares is also further required to make any device capable of accessing the internet in his possession available for examination on request by police. This includes giving relevant PINs and passwords.

He must also:

• Stop immediately for a police officer when requested whether in a vehicle, any other mode of transport or on foot
• Disclose all social media handles, accounts and ‘apps’ to police

PC Adriana Leaver Hernandez, from the force’s Child Exploitation Hub, said: “Tavares has shown he is a high-risk sexual predator who targets and exploits girls, with a significant number of reports made against him.

“He takes advantage of the fact he is older and uses alcohol and drugs to entice his victims – all young teenage girls - and then exploits them.

“Tavares targets vulnerable teenagers who often go missing and are at high risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and has shown he is sexually attracted to them.

“This order is necessary to prevent further sexual harm to children and protect women and girls.

“Sexual risk orders do not place the burden on the victim to provide an evidential account and create a safer place for victims, especially children, to speak to police.

“We would strongly encourage anyone with any concerns that a child may be being exploited to report this to us and the local authority.”

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A paedophile who carried out a sequence of sex offences against a schoolgirl has been jailed for 16 years.

Peter Dellbridge raped and sexually abused his victim in the early 2000s ago at an address in the Northumberland area.

Two decades later, the brave woman reported the abuse to Northumbria Police, and, in 2022, an investigation was launched by the Force’s Safeguarding Department.

Dellbridge, now 64, attended a police station to be interviewed but denied the allegations of abuse.

However, following a complex investigation, in November 2023, Dellbridge was charged with a string of offences in connection with the report.

He continued to deny the allegations and went on trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

In January, a jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Dellbridge guilty of 19 offences including rape, assault by penetration, inciting a female under 13 to engage in a sexual act, sexual assault by touching and causing a child to watch a sexual act.

And today (Thursday) Dellbridge, of Western Avenue, Seaton Delaval, was handed a 16-year sentence behind bars at the same court. He will also serve a further year on an extended licence once he is released from prison.

He will also spend the rest of his life on the Sex Offenders’ Register and was handed a lifelong and Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and restraining order to protect the victim.

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A children’s book author from Swindon collected child abuse images, a court heard.

Philip Brown, who also goes by the names Will Elmore and Wilbur Elmo on social media, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photos and videos of children.

On 4 April, Swindon Crown Court heard that the defendant, of Dixon Street, was using the web to seek out abhorrent images of young victims being abused.

Police attended his home and seized digital devices. Forensic examination work later revealed a stash of 46 images in Category A, showing penetration. He also had 59 Category B images, and 45 in Category C.

In 2020, Brown published a children’s book on Amazon under the name “Willo The Wisp”. It’s called “The Troll & The Fairy and Other Poems” and costs £2.22.

Judge Jason Taylor KC told the defendant that it was ‘hard to see genuine remorse’, but accepted that the offender was ashamed and regretful.

He sentenced Brown to a 20-month prison sentence suspended for two years.

As part of the order, he must complete 20 rehabilitation activity days with the probation service.

Brown must register has a sex offender for ten years, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order was put in place for the same lengthy of time.

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A hotel manager who raped a woman and sexually assaulted three others has been sentenced as part of an investigation by Metropolitan Police Service detectives.

The Met is now appealing for any other potential victim-survivors who have not yet come forward.

Ahmed Fahmy, 46 (17.01.79), was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, with another three years on extended licence, at Harrow Crown Court, sitting at Hendon Magistrates' Court, on Wednesday, 23 April for four offences committed while working in hotels across London.

He was also placed on the sex offenders' register and was prohibited from being employed in the hospitality industry.

It follows Fahmy, of West Heath Drive, Barnet, being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault by a jury on Thursday, 25 July 2024 after a two-week trial at the same court.

Detectives are now appealing to further victim-survivors, as they believe Fahmy’s offending was more widespread.

Detective Constable James Gomm from the Metropolitan Police, who led the investigation, said: “Fahmy used manipulation to abuse his position as a hotel worker and get close to his victims. He demonstrated a clear pattern of offending and abuse.

“I would also like to commend the victim-survivors who have shared their experience to date for the bravery they have shown throughout the investigation and the court proceedings.

“We believe there may be other victims and I would encourage anyone affected to get in contact with us – you will be listened to and receive specialist support and guidance, not only from the police but independent charities and services."

The offending

The Met’s investigation was launched in January 2024 after officers received reports of rape and sexual assault by two women who had been staying at the hotel in West Heath Drive, Barnet where Fahmy was working at the time.

Fahmy was a hotel worker in many hotels across London. He abused his position to enter guest rooms without permission, where he made sexual advances.

The investigation unearthed allegations against Fahmy which date back to 2008 and as recent as 2024.

Fahmy was arrested and an investigation launched on 21 January 2024 after officers received reports of rape and sexual assault by two women who had been staying with friends at the hotel Fahmy was employed at.

After the group of friends had become separated on a night out, three women had returned to the hotel in Barnet without a room key. After paying Fahmy £80 for another room, the women went to bed, but one woke up to find Fahmy licking her feet.

Later, two of the group returned from the night out and also misplaced their room key. Instead of offering her a new room, Fahmy coerced one woman into sharing his room, where he raped her.

During the investigation detectives uncovered and linked him to two other non-recent sexual assaults, which largely centred on Fahmy touching women’s feet. These offences took place in a hotel on Western Gateway, E16, and at a residential address in Alliance Close, Wembley.

The appeal

Following Fahmy’s sentencing, detectives are appealing for any other potential victim-survivors to come forward.

They are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have met Fahmy while he was working at various hotels across London. As part of his modus operandi, detectives know that Fahmy abused the trust of his employers and hotel guests to manipulate and gain access to the guest rooms where women were staying, even encouraging some to stay in his room.

Fahmy is confirmed to have worked in five hotels across the city, though detectives believe there could have been more. The hotels did not belong to the same brand and were all situated in different locations across London.

These were -

• West Heath Drive in Barnet
• Royal Victoria Dock in E16
• Alliance Close in Wembley
• South Way in Wembley
• Bridge in Marlow.

Detectives are sharing this information in the hope that it may prompt other potential victim-survivors to come forward.

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A 44-year-old man who groomed a schoolgirl on Snapchat before drugging and then engaging her in sexual activity has been jailed for 17 years. 

Gregg Riley (pictured) took naked photographs of his 15-year-old victim while she lay dipping in and out of consciousness in his Blackburn home.

Riley also targeted other girls who attended the same high school in East Lancashire as the victim by paying for their Snapchat Premium subscriptions and asking some for naked photographs or telling them about his sexual fantasies.

On 5th July 2024 our officers were contacted by the safeguarding lead at the school who reported concerns for a number of students in year 8 and year 10 regarding a man the students had been in contact with via Snapchat.

The victim was spoken to and outlined how Riley had picked her up, gave her ketamine and while kissing her said: “I only want you. I want you forever.”

While driving her to Blackpool and knowing she was 15-years-old Riley told her: “We are going to move away to Scotland so that we can get married, because you can get married at 16.”

Riley later took her back to his Blackburn home but such was the impact of the ketamine, the victim lost consciousness several times on the journey and to be carried into the house.

It was then that Riley engaged her in sexual activity and took naked images without her knowledge.

The victim later blocked Riley on Snapchat.

Further enquiries found that after buying another victim Snapchat Premium, Riley turned the conversation with her sexual and made comments about her hair and her school uniform.

Riley later asked to meet up with her, said he wanted to have sex with her and that he wanted to hurt her as this was his fantasy. He then went on to talk about necrophilia and doing sexual stuff when she was passed out.

Riley also said that he loved the girl and sent her between £200 and £260 via PayPal.

The victim had sent Riley sexualised images and a video of herself.

Riley bought another girl Snapchat Premium for her 15th birthday and later told her that he had a dream about her which involved chains and whips.

After his arrest, Riley’s phone was seized and we found 294 indecent images of children and four prohibited images.

Within this download there was a large number of photographs, these included children who Riley did not know and appear to be screenshots taken from social media. Some of the images of children which initially were clothed and everyday images have been doctored using a nudify programme. This uses the initial image taken, taking the face of the person putting this onto a nude body, therefore making the image indecent if the person is under 18.

Riley, previously from Blackburn but now of no fixed address, was charged with causing/ inciting a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, making indecent photographs / pseudo-photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child.

He pleaded guilty to all the offences when he appeared at Preston Crown Court at a hearing last year.

Riley returned to the same court today (23rd April) where he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment and given an extended seven-year licence period after being deemed as a dangerous offender by the judge.

He was made subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life. A lifetime restraining order was also put in place in relation to Riley contacting his victims.

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A Norwich man caught with more than 7,500 indecent images of children has escaped a prison sentence. 

When police seized his devices Jamie Brand was found to have 5,100 images and 11 videos in category A, the most serious. 

One video showed a baby, aged between six months and a year, being raped by an adult male in a balaclava.

The images were found on three mobiles, two laptops and an Apple MacBook. Among them there were also 2,265 category B images and 11 category B videos.

Norwich Crown Court heard police went on to find 173 category C images and eight extreme pornographic images in the 2022 raid.

Laura Kenyon, prosecuting, said images found on the seized devices featured male and female children from as young as six-months old, up to 14 or 15 years of age.

Miss Kenyon said Brand had also been conversing online with a 14-year-old boy, who the 39-year-old discussed sexual activity with. 

Brand, of Cannon Wharf, King Street, Norwich, appeared for sentence on Tuesday (April 22) having admitted causing or inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity.

He also admitted making indecent photographs of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

Thomas Daniel, mitigating, said these were very serious matters.

But he said they were committed against the backdrop of Brand having suffered serious sexual abuse himself when he was younger.

He said Brand had made efforts to address his behaviour, having engaged with a therapist and psychologist.

Mr Daniel said the offences dated back to 2022, since when he had not offended.

Judge Andrew Shaw, who recognised the "very real efforts" Brand had made to address his offending, imposed a three year community order.

Brand must also complete 40 days Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR), 200 hours of unpaid work and an accredited programme requirement.

He was also ordered to pay £1,000 costs, put on the sex offenders' register for five years and made the subject of a five year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).