Kennels assault pervert jailed

A man who sexually assaulted a young girl while she was visiting a Wakefield kennels has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Stephen Pollitt, 49, was found guilty of the offence at a trial last month.

Yesterday Judge James Goss QC ordered him to register as a sex offender for life and imposed an indefinite sexual offences prevention order which limits his contact with children under 16.

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Bradford Crown Court heard how the eight-year-old victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had gone to the Oakenshaw Kennels in Doncaster Road, Crofton, with a relative.

While the girl's relative was engaged in conversation Pollitt, who at the time lived in a caravan on the site, offered to take her to see some of the animals.

The court heard that while Pollitt was alone with the girl he picked her up and indecently touched her.

The distressed victim reported the incident to her relative, but when Pollitt was challenged he said he did not know what the girl was talking about.

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Pollitt, now of Stearbsy Farm, Bransby, York, told police he had drunk up to 14 cans of lager on the day of the incident last June.

His barrister Tim Stead told the court his client still maintained his innocence.