Overview

• Chester Crown Court sentenced the 21-year-old to four years in prison plus three years on licence after linked incidents across Cheshire.
• Judges imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, five restraining orders and mandatory registration on the sex offenders register.
• Convictions cover three counts of assault by beating, multiple sexual assaults, causing actual bodily harm, possessing an imitation firearm while committing an offence and sexual communication with a child.
• Offending spanned August to late September 2024, including public sexual assaults, a Snapchat and FaceTime exchange with a 13-year-old and an attack inside supported accommodation for young people.
• Police identified him from CCTV in a Crewe incident where he appeared armed with what proved to be a BB gun, and they say specialist officers will monitor him after release.