NICHOLAS KERSWELL
Nicholas Kerswell targeted the victim in Swale on 26 July 2025.
The incident was reported to a relative and the police were alerted.
Officers swiftly tracked him down and he was later charged with assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.
Kerswell of Plough Road, Eastchurch, admitted the offence at his first appearance before Medway Magistrates’ Court on 28 July.
He also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of burglary.
This related to a break-in at an address in Bridgewater Road, Sheerness, on 28 March 2023.
Being sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday 30 September, the 34-year-old was jailed for three years for the sexual assault and was given a further 10 months in prison for the burglary.
Kerswell will also be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years on his release and a restraining order.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Detected legal outcome
A man from the Isle of Sheppey has been jailed for almost four years after he sexually assaulted a young child. Nicholas Kerswell targeted the victim in Swale on 26 July 2025. The incident was reported to a relative and the police were a...
Prison sentence
four yearsA man from the Isle of Sheppey has been jailed for almost four years after he sexually assaulted a young child
Prison sentence
three yearsBeing sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Tuesday 30 September, the 34-year-old was jailed for three years for the sexual assault and was given a further 10 months in prison for the burglary
Court order
10 yearsKerswell will also be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years on his release and a restraining order
Location Information
Isle of Rhea
Isle of Rhea, County of Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, Hamlet, County of Herefordshire, West Midlands, HR1
Coordinates: 52.1640, -2.6724
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