Locations
Ninfield Road, Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex, TN39
Description
A paedophile who raped and sexually assaulted two young girls has been jailed.
John Armsby, 47, repeatedly abused the girls, who were under the age of 13, between 2017 and 2022.
The offences were reported to Sussex Police on January 24, 2022, and Armsby was arrested two days later.
Armsby of Ninfield Road in Bexhill, had his home searched and digital devices were found containing indecent images of children.
He was charged with five counts of rape of a child under 13, five counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, assaulting a child under 13 by penetration, three counts of possessing indecent images of children and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
A jury found him guilty of all charges at Lewes Crown Court this March 26.
At the same court on June 6, Armsby was sentenced to 24 years in prison, with another four to be spent on extended licence.
He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, indefinite Restraining Orders against both victims and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.