February 2016
Man found guilty by jury of indecently touching young girl
A 72-year-old Dunstable man is facing a lengthy jail term after a jury found him guilty of two charges of indecent assault yesterday (February 25) at Luton Crown Court.
Following the verdicts, Raymond Lilley was remanded in custody while reports are prepared.
He will be back in court to be sentenced in April when he can expect a prison sentence for his crimes.
Lilley of Brownlow Rise, Totternhoe, Dunstable, had pleaded not guilty to the two offences.
The prosecution’s case was that he had indecently touched the young daughter of a friend of his while he was looking after her.
The jury heard evidence that the offences began when the girl was two-and-a-half in the 1990s and ended in 2001 when the girl was six and told her mum of an incident involving Lilley.
After that the mum made sure she and her family had no contact with Lilley
But in 2014 the police were told and the defendant was arrested.
Before being led from the court this afternoon to be remanded in custody, Lilley was told his name would now go on the sex offenders register.
