NEWPORT: CHILD RAPIST DIDN’T TELL COPS ABOUT EGYPT HOLIDAY
A CONVICTED child rapist who didn’t tell police he was going to Egypt on holiday narrowly avoided jail because of the prison overcrowding crisis.Rees Newman, 32, from Newport was supposed to let the cops know he was jetting off to the tourist hotspot seven days before his departure.
It put him in breach of sex offender register notification requirements imposed following his conviction for raping a girl under the age of 14.
Newman was jailed for two years, suspended for two years, at Croydon Crown Court last December for the historical offence committed when he was 14 years old.
Newman, of Santon Court, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements on May 25.
The court heard he told his probation officer he was travelling to Egypt but ignored his advice that he had to let the police know.
He was jailed for two months suspended for 18 months.
He has to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work and was fined £2,000 and must pay £420 prosecution costs.
The judge noted prison overcrowding as the only reason he avoided immediate custody.
