RAPIST JAILED FOR 13 YEARS
A man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted of sexual offences.Robert James Hough, 56 years old from Newcastle-under-Lyme, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday, 10 April.
He was also ordered to comply with an ongoing Sexual Harm Prevention Order that is indefinite in duration.
The court reached its verdict after a trial where Hough was found guilty of rape and sexual assault on 29 January 2026.
The incidents in question happened between 2016 and 2021.