Locations
Heath Avenue, May Bank, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5
Description
Connor Behan has been convicted of a string of sexual offences following a seven-day trial at Chester Crown Court.
On Wednesday 18 December, Behan was found guilty by unanimous verdict of counts of multiple rapes of a girl under 13, multiple sexual assaults by touching of a child under 13, and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child on multiple occasions.
He was found not guilty of an additional count of sexual assault by touching of a child under 13.
The 33-year-old of Heath Avenue, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, has since been remanded in custody and is set to be sentenced on Friday 31 January.
Cheshire Police launched an investigation into the abuse in October 2022, following a disclosure made by the victim to a teacher at her school.
The jury heard how Behan had sexually assaulted the victim on multiple occasions, starting in May 2019, when the victim was just seven years old.
As part of the investigation, a seminal detection dog was deployed which found traces of Behan’s semen on a blanket owned by the victim.
Behan was immediately arrested and subsequently charged.