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Showing 1 - 5 of 5 results for crime type "Sexual offences" & area "South West"

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Man who ran Plymouth teeth-whitening salon convicted of rapes and sexual assaults

A man who ran a teeth-whitening salon in Plymouth has been convicted of a series of rapes and sexual assaults against seven women, including customers of the salon.Ricky Stubberfield, aged 31, carried out the attacks over a period of eleven years between 2013 and 2024.Some of the assaults took…
Press Release Sexual offences South West

Former Olympic swimmer jailed for 21 years for raping teenage girls

A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been jailed at Plymouth Crown Court for raping two teenage girls. He has also been placed on the sex offenders’ register for the rest of his life.Antony James, 35, was today sentenced to…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS South West

Man who attempted to rape a woman in Cheltenham jailed for four years

A 22-year-old man has been jailed for four years for the sexual assault and attempted rape of a woman in Cheltenham.Mohammed Sanana was sentenced at Cheltenham Crown Court on Friday 7 December, 2024. He had been convicted of the offences by a jury on 11 November.Laura Opie of the Crown Prosecution…
Press Release Sexual offences South West

Former Olympian guilty of raping teenage girls

A former Olympic swimmer and trainee police officer, who represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Games, has been convicted of raping two teenage girls (Wednesday 16 October).Antony James, 34, was convicted by a jury at Plymouth Crown Court of eight charges, including three counts of rape,…
Press Release Sexual offences CPS South West

Three members of organised crime group sentenced for human trafficking and rape

An organised crime group who trafficked women from Eastern Europe to exploit as sex workers across the South West and beyond have been sentenced following a prosecution by the South West Complex Casework Unit.The group’s ringleader, Maciej Kozlowski, 52, of Gloucester, was also convicted of raping…
Press Release Sexual offences South West

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