Locations
Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67
Description
A 62-year-old man has been jailed for non-recent child sex offences that took place in Daventry.
Kevin Marriott, previously of Coalville, Leicestershire, sexually assaulted a girl under six at an address in Daventry a number of years ago.
Following the offence, he told her not to tell anyone.
However in 2021, the woman in question bravely contacted police to tell them what had happened to her as a child.
An investigation was launched and Marriott was charged with one count of indecent assault on a girl under 16, and one count of assaulting a girl under 16 by penetration.
After pleading not guilty to the offences and taking the case to a three-day trial at Northampton Crown Court last November, Marriott was found unanimously guilty by the jury.
He returned to the same court last week (January 15) where he was sentenced to seven years - six years to serve in prison and one on licence. He will also be on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.