Locations
Western Avenue, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, NE25
Description
A paedophile who carried out a sequence of sex offences against a schoolgirl has been jailed for 16 years.
Peter Dellbridge raped and sexually abused his victim in the early 2000s ago at an address in the Northumberland area.
Two decades later, the brave woman reported the abuse to Northumbria Police, and, in 2022, an investigation was launched by the Force’s Safeguarding Department.
Dellbridge, now 64, attended a police station to be interviewed but denied the allegations of abuse.
However, following a complex investigation, in November 2023, Dellbridge was charged with a string of offences in connection with the report.
He continued to deny the allegations and went on trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
In January, a jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Dellbridge guilty of 19 offences including rape, assault by penetration, inciting a female under 13 to engage in a sexual act, sexual assault by touching and causing a child to watch a sexual act.
And today (Thursday) Dellbridge, of Western Avenue, Seaton Delaval, was handed a 16-year sentence behind bars at the same court. He will also serve a further year on an extended licence once he is released from prison.
He will also spend the rest of his life on the Sex Offenders’ Register and was handed a lifelong and Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and restraining order to protect the victim.