A 37-year-old convicted child sex offender from Caerphilly who called two schoolgirls aged 12 and 14 “filthy whores” before sexually assaulting the younger child has been sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court.
Lee Perkins, aged 37 and of no fixed abode in Caerphilly, appeared in the dock for sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury unanimously convicted him of two counts of sexual communication with a child and one count of sexual assault of a girl under 13 by touching.
The court heard that during an incident in 2023, Perkins subjected the two schoolgirls—aged just 12 and 14—to degrading sexual comments, calling them “filthy whores”, making sexually explicit remarks including references to oral sex, and touching the 12-year-old girl’s breast.
Perkins failed to attend his Crown Court trial while on bail, but jurors unanimously found him guilty on all three counts in his absence.
During the sentencing hearing, one of the child survivors outlined the devastating psychological toll of Perkins’s offending, telling the court:
“I can’t bring myself to say his name. These have been the hardest years of my life. It’s something that I will always carry with me.”
Passing sentence, Judge Eugene Egan highlighted how the children had described Perkins’s words as “gross, disgusting and dehumanising”, telling the defendant directly:
“Your language was repugnant – your conduct was thoroughly shameful.”
Under the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, both child survivors in this case are protected by mandatory, lifelong statutory anonymity from the moment an allegation is made. Any publication, broadcast, or public dissemination of information capable of leading to their identification is strictly prohibited under UK law.
Sentencing Perkins at Cardiff Crown Court, Judge Egan imposed an immediate custodial term of 28 months’ imprisonment—with time already spent in custody on remand following his arrest counting towards his sentence—alongside ordering him to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years, comply with a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), and obey a restraining order prohibiting contact with one of his victims until 2036.
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