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A PROLIFIC offender who drunkenly sexually assaulted two women has been jailed for 14 months. Oliver Sheppard committed the offences, as well as three violent assaults on the same two women and a third man, in Clacton over a five day period in July and August 2019. The first offence took place on July 27, 2019, when the 31-year-old was roaming the streets of the town intoxicated. The 17-year-old victim was walking home with her sister when she was approached by Sheppard, who tried to st...

In a pre-sentence report, the probation service said Valembois had been under considerable pressure in the months before the incident, culminating in resignation from her job, and an ill-advised decision to drink and drive.  The probation service said her normally rational decision making and moderate drinking got out of control, but that Valembois had since abstained from alcohol altogether, and that any risks could be managed in the community. Sue Threadkell, mitigating, read magistrates a l...

In a pre-sentence report, the probation service said Valembois had been under considerable pressure in the months before the incident, culminating in resignation from her job, and an ill-advised decision to drink and drive.  The probation service said her normally rational decision making and moderate drinking got out of control, but that Valembois had since abstained from alcohol altogether, and that any risks could be managed in the community. Sue Threadkell, mitigating, read magistrates a l...