February 2014
Letchworth man jailed for sexually assaulting 14-year-old schoolgirl
A man has been jailed for six years for sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Daniel Shead, 24, of Eastern Way in Letchworth GC, was sentenced to six years in prison at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday for committing series of sexual offences against a 14-year-old girl.
He was found guilty on January 13 of two counts of penetrative sexual activity with a child and one of non-penetrative sexual activity with a child between December 2012 and May 2013 in Letchworth GC.
Shead was also given a 10-year sexual offences prevention order prohibiting him from any unsupervised contact with females under the age of 16 and was placed permanently on the sexual offenders register.
The offences were investigated by Hertfordshire Constabulary’s HALO team, a police-led team dealing with child sexual exploitation in partnership with Hertfordshire Children’s Services, the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board and other agencies.
Detective Constable Heather Sheldon from the HALO team led the investigation.
She said: “Partnership working led to the arrest of Daniel Shead for these offences. The sentence given to him fully reflects the seriousness of the crimes he committed and I hope this sentencing sends a clear message to others that we and our partners will do everything in our power to tackle these crimes.
“Partners are raising concerns which allow police to investigate and I would encourage the wider to community to consider the signs to look out for any report any concerns they may have.”
Anyone with concerns should call the Children’s Services on 0300 123 4043.
