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Plymouth man jailed for sexual offences

A 46-year-old man from Plymouth has been jailed for 18 years at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted of 10 sexual offences.

Robert Westmore was found guilty of six rapes, two attempted rapes and two indecent assaults in March 2016.

The offences took place in Somerset, Torbay and Plymouth between 1996 and 2014 and they relate to four female victims.

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Plymouth man jailed for historic child abuse crimes

A Plymouth man has been jailed after being found guilty of a number of historic child abuse charges.

Hinton Sheryn was found guilty at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday 25th September of 18 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency with children dating back to the 1970s and 80s; one of Sheryn’s victims was as young as six at the time of the abuse.

Sheryn is already serving...

Rapist jailed for 18 years

A rapist who kidnapped and raped a woman after pretending to be a taxi driver to lure the victim into his vehicle, has been jailed today, Thursday 26 January, for 18 years.

Yuseab Woldeab, aged 27 and from Wilton Street, Plymouth, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court after being found guilty of two counts of rape and one of kidnap.

The court heard how the victim, a woman in...