March 2022

Aylesbury man sentenced to eight years in jail for ‘vile’ child sexual abuse offences

An Aylesbury man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for child sexual abuse offences committed over 30 years ago.

Andrew Bleasdale, 52, of Claydon Path, Aylesbury, was also handed an additional one-year suspended sentence at a hearing at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday (17 March).

Bleasdale was found guilty of 10 different counts of sexual abuse charges, following an eight-day trial last month at Worcester Crown Court.

Among the crimes the 52-year-old was found guilty of was oral rape, indecency with a child and indecent assault.

Now, he is on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life.

West Mercia Police first spoke to Bleasdale when he was questioned under caution in December 2018 and was subsequently charged with 14 offences of rape and sexual assault on a child under 13.

The offences took place between May 1983 and February 1989 against a girl aged between four and nine.