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A SERIAL sex offender is wanted by police after sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl.
Jason Reddy, 56, was arrested after police investigated a report that the girl had been assaulted at an address in Hillside Road, Hastings in June 2018.
After seizing his electronics, officers found videos Reddy had made showing further girls, under 18 years old, in the shower at the same house.
He was charged with the sexual assault of a girl under 13 and two counts of voyeurism.
Reddy, an engineer from Hastings, was then released under court bail but fled before the trial could take place.
He was convicted in his absence on January 31 and was sentenced last week to three years for the sexual assault offence, and 12 months for voyeurism to run consecutively.
Detective Sergeant Kelly Yates said: "This case shows that we will continue to pursue prosecutions against sexual offenders, even if they are at large.
We continue to search for Jason Reddy and when he's found, he will be made to serve his sentence.
"I'd like to commend the victim in this case, whose bravery in coming forward helped us secure this conviction and identify further offences committed by Reddy."