February 2019

Child rapist sentenced to 18 years

A Glastonbury man has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of multiple counts of child rape and a sexual assault.

Stephen Spencer, 37, of Tor View Avenue, appeared at Taunton Crown Court on Wednesday, February 13 to be sentenced.

Magistrates previously said in August 2018 the case was so serious it had to be dealt with at Taunton Crown Court.

At a previous hearing, he was found guilty of five counts of raping a girl under the age of 13 and also found guilty of the sexual assault of a girl under the age of 13.

He was found not guilty of two counts of sexual assault of a girl over the age of 13.

The judge placed Spencer on the sex offenders register for life and he was issued a sexual harm prevention order until indefinitely.