Paedophile jailed for sex offences in Takeley involving child
Lee Bass - Credit: Archant
A paedophile has been jailed for sexual offences in Takeley involving an underage girl.
Lee Bass, 40, was found guilty of 14 counts following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court last month.
A jury found Bass, of Lordscroft Lane, Haverhill, guilty of indecent assault, indecency with a child, six counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and two counts of sexual assault of a child.
Bass was also guilty of two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual activity with a child.
The victim was aged under 15 at the time of the offences, which happened in Takeley and Bishop’s Stortford between 2001 and 2012.
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Bass was jailed today (Monday) for six years and the court imposed a sexual harm prevention order on him, as well as forcing Bass to sign the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
Detective constable Stacie Collins, of the Brentwood child abuse investigation team, said: “Bass denied the offences and put the victim through the distressing ordeal of giving evidence in court.
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“She has shown great bravery throughout the investigation and trial, and I hope the sentence handed down today will give her some closure.”
