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St Anthony's Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23
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Released Monday 20th June 2022
An Eastbourne man has been jailed for four years for rape.
Paul Simon Hearn, 44, a cleaner, of St Anthonys Avenue, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Thursday December 21.
Hearn had pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury.
He was also sentenced to six months imprisonment having been convicted of harassment causing fear of violence against a woman.
The six-month sentence will run consecutively to the four-year sentence.
Hearn had pleaded not guilty to all offences.
The case followed an investigation by detectives from the East Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit.