In 2026, 65-year-old Stephen Street, of Aspengrove, Gosport, Hampshire, was jailed for 15 years after carrying out a predatory series of sexual assaults against a young child. The investigation established that the horrific offences took place between 2021 and 2024 at an address in Gosport, targeting a vulnerable girl who was aged under 10 at the time. The prosecution reported at Portsmouth Crown Court that Street systematically exploited the infant victim for physical and penetrative violations, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the 65-year-old.
SENTENCING — On Wednesday, 6 May 2026, the judiciary at Portsmouth Crown Court imposed a 20-year extended sentence, comprising an immediate 15-year prison term and an additional five years to be served on an extended protective licence. Following a nine-day crown court trial, Street was found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault of a girl under 13, one count of sexual assault by penetration of a girl under 13, one count of causing or inciting sexual activity, one count of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, and one count of sexual communication with a child. Street had also previously admitted six offences of making or possessing indecent images of children and one count of possessing extreme pornography. Alongside his prison term, he was placed on the sex offenders register FOR LIFE, issued a strict protective restraining order, and subjected to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
- OFFENCES: Convicted of sexual penetration, multiple sexual assaults of a child under 13, child sexual incitement, illicit sexual communication, making and possessing indecent child images, and possessing extreme pornography.
- OUTCOME: Jailed for 15 years with a five-year extended licence; issued an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
- NATURE OF OFFENCE: The offender utilized domestic proximity and age disparity as a mechanical necessity to trap and violate a toddler-aged female child. He combined severe physical and penetrative sexual abuse with digital exploitation, capturing and collecting illicit imagery of minors while actively engaging in obscene conduct in the presence of the victim.
- LOCATION OF OFFENCES: Gosport and Portsmouth, Hampshire.
- PROFILE: Stephen Street, 65. He is documented as a highly dangerous and calculating serial child rapist and online predator whose forensic profile involves the long-term physical and digital degradation of a primary-school-aged child.
- UK SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER: Ordered to register as a sex offender with Hampshire Constabulary FOR LIFE.
- COURT PROCEEDINGS: Nine-day jury trial and final extended sentencing completed at Portsmouth Crown Court following a safeguarding investigation by Hampshire Constabulary.
- CRIMINAL RECORD: Registered sex offender and convicted child serial predator serving a maximum-tier extended custodial sentence in 2026.
- ORIGIN OF OFFENDER: Street is from Aspengrove, Gosport, Hampshire.
QUESTION – Given that “a sixty-five-year-old man systematically subjected a child under the age of ten to serial rape, penetration, and digital exploitation before receiving a fifteen-year immediate custodial term,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Convicted of Penetrative Sexual Assault on Children Under Ten” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Whole-Life Incarceration Without Parole” to prevent a series of assaults?
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