SEX OFFENDER ALEX SLY SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER PREVIOUS CHILD ABUSE CONVICTION
A repeated offender who had been found guilty of sexual activity with a child has had his prison sentence extended after being convicted of another crime.Alex Sly, 25, had received an extended seven-and-a-half-year sentence in January for sexual activity with a child.
The offence took place in mid-2024 elsewhere in the country, Nottinghamshire Police said.
A few months later, Sly went on to sexually assault a woman at a hotel near Mansfield.
The victim was sleeping in the same bed as Sly when she woke up to find him sexually assaulting her.
The offence was reported in February last year, with Sly apologising for his behaviour after being challenged.
He also messaged his victim to call what happened his "gravest mistake".
Previously, Sly had also been convicted in 2022 of possessing indecent images of children.
He denied any wrongdoing in his police interview, however.
Despite his conviction and imprisonment for the later offence, Sly maintained his innocence until the day his trial was due to start.
On Wednesday, September 17, he eventually pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and assault by penetration.
Sly, of HMP Nottingham, appeared at Nottingham Crown Court and was jailed for three-and-a-half years to be served after his current sentence.
He was also handed a restraining order banning him from any future contact with his victim.
Detective Constable Henry Foster, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Sly is a repeat offender who committed another extremely serious sexual offence while still protesting his innocence for the offence we were investigating.
"He very clearly possesses a danger to young women and will now spend even more time in jail as a result - an outcome I hope will provide some comfort for his victims."
