Molester jailed for groping 14-year-old girl
A CONVICTED child abuser who was spared jail only to offend again shortly after has been sent to prison for two years.
David Reed, who has learning difficulties, was convicted of 16 specimen charges of abuse on a girl aged five to eight and given 12 months' jail, suspended for two years.
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Bristol Crown Court heard that, just weeks later, he groped a 14-year-old girl.
Reed, 57, of Kenmare Road, Knowle West, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and breach of a sexual offence prevention order.
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Judge David Ticehurst told him: "It is serious because it was committed days after he was first in front of me.
"If someone is given a chance and then a few days later wilfully commits a further offence, that is a very serious aggravating factor, isn't it?
"If you do it again there will be longer and longer prison sentences followed by imprisonment for public protection from which you may never be let out."
Giles Nelson, prosecuting, said Reed abused a girl and bought her silence with chocolate.
When the matter came to light, he denied wrongdoing but was convicted at trial and, as well as the suspended jail term, was made the subject of an indefinite sexual offences prevention order banning him from unsupervised contact with girls aged under 16.
Mr Nelson said the following month the 57-year-old groped a 14-year-old girl, telling her: "Don't you dare tell anybody."
The girl went to the police, the court heard, and initially Reed denied the allegation.
Catherine Spedding, defending, said the groping offence, in isolation, may attract a community order but conceded it was aggravated by her client being given a suspended sentence a month before.
She said: "Mr Reed succumbed to temptation and touched her inappropriately."
Ms Spedding said Reed entered a guilty plea when the matter first came to court.
She described Reed as an older man who spent most of his time at home and was worried about his elderly mother.
The judge told him: "You were not worried enough not to offend."
Comments
by lil_man1
Monday, October 22 2012, 1:51PM
“My daughter was a very brave girl am so proud of her. She is trying to get on with her life. his sentence is not long enough. But the law is the law and i hope and pray that one day the law would change you never think this would happen to your family. It has brought us closer together. my daughter is getting help. But the scares will always be there.”
by Jenna_Talwart
Sunday, October 14 2012, 8:02PM
“I don't want anything draconian like death or balls chopping off....but a decent sentence so he's not walking around abusing more children in a year or so should have been given. It's disgusting that sentences are so light....bearing in mind the long term impact they can have on the victim.”
by Mikeydooley
Friday, October 12 2012, 1:14AM
“Don't worry I'm going to inject him with heroin”
by lilmizz74
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 10:53AM
“No wonder there are so many sex offenders around .. What the hell is wrong with this country????
Any kind of sex offence should carry a heavy sentence and even more so against a child!!!!
I've said it before and I'll say it again... No wonder this country is such a mess!!
SORT IT OUT SOMEONE PLEASE!!!”
by whammmy
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 9:45AM
“One bullet to the head for this scumbag and we can all sleep soundly in our beds safe in the knowledge that there is one less pedo on our streets.
Looking at Mr Reeds photograph I honestly believe that by executing him it would be doing him a favor.”
by Big_Gregory
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 9:04AM
“These type of offenders gradually increase the severity of their crimes and will never be rehabilitated. It was obvious he would carry on as before after being let off the first time. When will we ever learn? Lock these people up forever at the earliest opportunity and save many further victims down the line as they progress to rape and murder. Everytime a sexually motivated murderer goes to trial there is always a long list of previous offensives and it was fairly obvious what they were building towards.”
by bubbled
Wednesday, October 10 2012, 7:43AM
“Ah, the old learning difficulties excuse, well I have difficulties learning why the sentence is not much longer and also well done to the girl for standing up to this paedophile and lets hope you can move on with your life now.”
by happychappy
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 11:26PM
“he needs his balls chopped off and left in a pit and left to rot”
by pillowfight
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 1:59PM
“"David Reed was convicted of 16 specimen charges of abuse on a girl aged five to eight and given 12 months' jail, suspended for two years."
JESUS CHRIST what the hell is wrong with this countries judges?”