In 2019, the Offender Database reported that Scott Webb, then 28, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was jailed following a complex and long-running investigation into the sexual abuse of two young sisters. Webb targeted the victims, aged just six and eight, while he was aged 16 and had been trusted to babysit them. The abuse took place over a four-month period, but it took over a decade of persistence from the victims and their family to bring him to justice.
The court heard horrendous details of how the sisters had been abused separately, unbeknownst to one another. While one girl reported the abuse to her mother in 2007, police initially took no further action. The case was reopened in 2014 when the second sister confided that she had also been targeted. Despite a second setback when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) initially declined to prosecute, Webb was finally charged in 2018.
During the sentencing at Burnley Crown Court, Judge Andrew Jefferies QC emphasised that Webb was a “dangerous” individual who presented a significant risk to the public. Webb pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault on a girl under 13 and two counts of assault by penetration. The prosecution reported that one victim felt Webb had “destroyed their trust in humankind.” In addition to the sex offences, Webb received 19 months for coercive and controlling behaviour against his ex-partner.
Scott Webb was sentenced to a total of eight years and three months in prison, with an additional extended licence period due to his “dangerousness.” As a result of his convictions for assault by penetration and child sexual abuse, he was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life. He is managed under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) by Cumbria Constabulary, ensuring his behaviour in Barrow and the wider Cumbria area is strictly monitored. Any attempt to breach his licensing conditions will result in his immediate return to custody.
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