Kerry Worth was discovered responsible of 15 costs at Swansea Crown Court docket, together with sexual assault of a kid underneath 13 and making indecent photographs
A college IT skilled repeatedly sexually abused a younger woman and secretly took intimate photographs of her, together with a so-called “upskirting” image. Kerry Worth additionally downloaded photographs of kid intercourse abuse from the web.
Worth started abusing the kid when she was aged round 5 – 6, with the abuse persevering with into the woman’s teenage years.
The 53-year-old defendant denied a complete of 15 counts however was convicted by a jury at Swansea Crown Court docket following a week-long trial. Remanding the defendant into custody forward of his sentencing subsequent month a decide mentioned he wished a report into the risks Worth poses to kids.
The courtroom has beforehand heard how the sexual the contact started with Worth enjoying a “coin flip” recreation with the woman which noticed him kissing the kid relying on the toss of a coin. Issues then progressed to Worth touching the kid’s genitals and breasts – each underneath and over her clothes and underwear – with the offending taking place on a number of events and persevering with into the woman’s teenage years.
The offending included Worth getting the woman to the touch his penis, and a few of the incidents occurred within the defendant’s automobile. All of the offences occurred in Swansea.
Helen Randall, prosecuting, mentioned the abuse was not reported on the time, including that those that work within the felony justice system know that is typically the case with victims feeling unable to return ahead “by way of embarrassment, concern of repercussions, or concern they’d not be believed”. For the most recent courtroom tales signal as much as out crime e-newsletter
The offending was reported to the police after the complainant made disclosures to her grandmother about Worth’s behaviour. The sufferer’s mom was then instructed. Worth was arrested in August 2023 and his telephone was seized. In interview he denied all of the allegations.
The courtroom heard that when Worth’s telephone was examined, police discovered 25 indecent photographs of youngsters together with 5 Class A photographs displaying penetrative sexual exercise with younger ladies. Additionally on the telephone have been dozens of photographs of the complainant which had been taken with out her information or consent, together with photographs of her in her bikini and a so-called “upskirting” picture. An examination of the telephone’s web historical past confirmed Worth had made searches for phrases resembling “naughty schoolgirl nude”.
The defendant denied any of the sexual assaults ever occurred, denied having a sexual curiosity in kids, and maintained that the complainant had identified he was taking photographs of her. Worth – who ran laptop restore outlets in Ystradgynlais, Bridgend, and Dunvant in Swansea earlier than going to work for Swansea College in 2018 as an IT technician – mentioned the indecent photographs discovered on his telephone had robotically transferred onto his Samsung Galaxy when he plugged it into an previous laptop tower in his storage, a pc which a part of a inventory of unclaimed buyer units left over from his earlier restore companies.
Kerry James Worth, of Tan y Farteg, Ystradgynlais, was convicted of a complete of 15 counts of sexual assault of a kid underneath 13, inflicting or inciting a baby underneath 13 to have interaction in sexual exercise, sexual assault, making indecent photographs, possession of indecent photographs, voyeurism, and recording a picture underneath clothes.
He has no earlier convictions however has a warning for frequent assault and felony harm from 2006. The warning pertains to an incident when Worth punched the person his long-term companion was having an affair with after discovering them collectively at house.
Decide Paul Thomas KC adjourned sentencing to September 18 saying he wished a report into the risks the defendant poses to kids. Worth was remanded into custody.
The decide thanked jurors for the “apparent care” they’d taken in coming to their verdicts, and mentioned he by no means underestimates the diploma of accountability the courtroom system places on a bunch of random strangers who’re plucked from their on a regular basis lives and required to do jury service. He mentioned it was his perception that the jury system is the envy of the remainder of the world.
