Sheffield teenager behind bars for sexually abusing toddler
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Sheffield Crown Court heard how Brendon Foster, aged 19, of Southey Hill, Southey Green, Sheffield, sexuality abused the toddler when they had been alone together in a bedroom at the child’s home.
Prosecuting barrister James Baird told the hearing, last month, that after the youngster revealed what Foster had done police were informed and traces of DNA were found on the child’s underwear.
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Foster, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the child after the incident which happened in September, 2020, when the defendant had been aged 17.
Defence barrister Gurdhial Singh said Foster has learning difficulties with a functioning age of a five to 10-year-old although Mr Singh added that does not excuse the defendant’s behaviour.
He also said: “Custody is going to have a devastating effect on him more than most – not because it is the first such sentence he will serve – but because of his difficulties.”
Judge Graham Reeds QC said Foster had deliberately targeted the youngster and he must go into custody.
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Hide AdHe told Foster: “It is a very serious offence and you are going to pay for that by going into custody.”
Judge Reeds sentenced Foster to ten months of custody in a Young Offender Institution and the defendant was made subject to the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and to a Sexual Harm Prevention for the same period.