1/1 A SEX offender branded a risk to women was jailed for rape and violent behaviour which drove his victim to the brink of suicide following a trial heard three years ago this month. Lee Collins was found guilty of rape and harassment which put a person in fear of violence at Worcester Crown Court during a case heard in May 2018. The jury of seven men and five women took four hours and 26 minutes to finish their deliberations, convicting him by majority decision (10 to 2) of rape and by unanimous decision of putting a person in fear of violence. He was acquitted of a further rape. The 31-year-old, then of Tunnel Hill, Worcester, was jailed for eight years by judge Jim Tindal.
A SEX offender who played with himself in front of a child walked free in a busy Worcester street after he was granted bail. David Power was pictured strolling along Foregate Street in Worcester after he admitted exposure and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. The 31-year-old of Pulley Avenue, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire pleaded guilty to carrying out both offences on August 2, 2018 when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday. The most serious offence involved him engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child ‘for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification’. The particulars are that he knowingly engaged in sexual activity, namely masturbation, ‘by the river in Hereford’ in the presence of a child under 16, namely 13, knowing or intending the child should be aware that he was engaged in that activity. The case was prosecuted by Timothy Sapwell who appeared over videolink. Jason Aris appeared in person at court on behalf of
COURT: Some of the cases being heard in Worcester today A WOMAN is due in for sentence for sexual activity and sexual communication with a child. Nicola Holton, 36, of Willis Place, Worcester is due to be sentenced today by Judge Nicolas Cartwright this morning after admitting sexual activity with a child. Also in court one is the bench warrant for Claudio Megi, 36, of Green Farm Hostel, Clos-tan-y-Flan in relation to a conspiracy to covert criminal property. This will be followed by the sentence of Dwight Hemming and Ben Harrison. Yesterday James Pratt, 54, of Park Close, Malvern, was convicted of two attacks on ambulance workers at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester on September 8, 2019. The case was prosecuted by John Brotherton. Pratt had conducted his down defence but barrister Jason Aris conducted the cross-examination on his behalf.