Locations
Victoria Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16
Description
A man who raped a 12-year-old girl at a house party has been jailed.
Connor Freeman, 19, of Victoria Road, Dukinfield , was at a party where he met the young girl.
They ended up in a bedroom together where Freeman went on to rape her.
The girl initially confided in a friend who told her mother and it was reported to police.
Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation and Freeman was arrested.
Freeman pleaded guilty to rape of a girl under 13-years-old at an earlier hearing.
He was sentenced to 40 months in prison and placed on a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely, following a hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court.
DC Rochelle Evans, of the Phoenix Team in Tameside, said: Child sexual exploitation takes place in many forms.
In this case the victim was raped by Freeman, who paid no heed to the fact that she was only 12-years-old at the time.
I want to commend the girl for her bravery in reporting what happened to her and helping to stop Freeman from preying on any more girls.
Please visit www.itsnotokay.co.uk for information for children, young people, parents, carers and professionals on how to spot the signs of child sex exploitation and what to do about it.