Overview
- Judge Lucy Crowther sentenced Guy Simmonds to five years and three months in prison with a further three years on extended licence.
- Simmonds was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life, made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for 15 years, and given a restraining order.
- Lauren Jarvis received a 12-month sentence suspended for one year, was ordered to complete 15 days of rehabilitation, was placed on the register for 10 years, and was given a five-year restraining order.
- Prosecutors described clear elements of grooming in the January 2024 incident at Jarvis’s home, and the judge called Simmonds a sexual predator and the ringleader.
- Both were convicted of engaging in sexual activity with a child aged 15 after a Cardiff Crown Court trial, and Simmonds was acquitted on five other counts as defence mitigation highlighted Jarvis’s vulnerabilities.