Locations
Oxclose Lane, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5
Description
A sex offender who raped an underage girl has been jailed.
Conner Dilkes, aged 18, assaulted the girl in July 2023 and was arrested soon afterwards.
Dilkes was interviewed several times and gave inconsistent accounts.
In his first interview, he denied knowing the girl and insisted he had never met her.
However CCTV and forensic evidence proved otherwise and he went on to plead guilty to two counts of rape in relation to the attack, which happened in an overgrown area in Daybrook.
Dilkes, of Oxclose Lane, Arnold, also admitted theft, assault by beating and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place in relation to an unconnected incident in June last year.
Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday he was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
He was also added to the sex offenders’ register for life and also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order that will tightly restrict his activities once he is released.
An indefinite restraining order that prevents him contacting his rape victim was also imposed by the sentencing judge.