An extended sentence has been imposed on the Folkestone Sex Offender, Connor Baker, who carried out sexually-motivated offences in Folkestone and Hythe.
Connor Baker followed an 18-year-old woman along a path near the Royal Military Canal, Hythe on Sunday 11 July 2021, before putting his hands around her waist.
The victim managed to get free of his grip and ran to Rampart Road, where a group saw her of her friends as they drove past.
They then drove to join another group of friends at Hythe Green. Connor Baker was seen by the group, who asked him to explain his actions.
He became aggressive and swung an asp-type weapon at the group before leaving the area. Police arrived and Connor Baker was later identified as a suspect.
Further offences
Further to that incident, Connor Baker knocked on the front door of a woman who was not known to him in Folkestone on Friday 12 November 2021.
He managed to get into the property and grabbed the woman, trying to kiss her. She got him out of her home but he climbed upon a conservatory and looked in an upstairs window, damaging the victim’s property in the process.
The incident was reported to police and Baker was arrested at the scene, after jumping into a nearby garden. He was later charged with a number of offences.
Court
Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court, Connor Baker was found guilty of assault with intent to commit a sexual offence and possession of an offensive weapon in relation to the first incident; and trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault, and damaging property in relation to the second incident.
On Friday 9 December 2022, the 24-year-old, Connor Baker, formerly of Appledore Crescent, Folkestone, was given a nine-year sentence and ordered to serve an extra four years on licence.
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