WINDOW CLEANER STEVEN BUTCHER JAILED FOR GROOMING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF YOUNG BOY
A window cleaner has received a 12-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing a young boy he groomed.Steven Butcher, aged 51, faced charges including rape, sexual assault, and inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activities against the victim.
During the sentencing at Truro Crown Court on Monday (June 1), it was noted that Butcher, who resides at Palm Court, St Buryan, near Penzance, did not accept responsibility for his actions.
The judge, Recorder Serena Gates, KC, stated that Butcher told the young victim it was "their little secret" and that he employed manipulation and non-violent threats to groom the child, who was between six and eight years old at the time of the offences committed over 15 years ago in Cornwall.
The judge also ordered that Butcher serve two-thirds of his 12-year sentence before being eligible for release.
Additionally, he was placed on the sex offenders' register for life.
