December 2016
Cumbrian man branded ‘danger to children’ behind bars after abusing young girl
A man who committed a host of sex crimes against an under-age girl has been jailed for three years.
Billy Sowerby, 26, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court.
He had previously admitted 11 charges of sexual activity with a child aged under 16. These were committed during a six-month period last year.
The court heard the victim had nightmares and weeks of sleepless nights as a result of Sowerby’s criminal activity.
“What he did has messed up my life,” she later stated.
Sowerby, a labourer, of Croft Close, Brough, was handed his jail term for what Judge Peter Davies called a “serious course of conduct”.
The defendant was made subject to the strict terms of a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years.
He must also sign the sex offenders’ register for an indefinite period, and will be barred from working with children and vulnerable adults.
