DURSLEY MAN ALAN JOHANSEN SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE IN GLOUCESTER
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Dursley Child Sexual Abuser
In January 2011, Alan Johansen, a 57-year-old resident of Woodview Road, Norman Hill, Dursley, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls and attempting to persuade one of them to recant her allegation.
During the sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Jamie Tabor QC described Johansen as 'arrogant' and 'gauche.' However, the judge clarified that he did not view Johansen as a paedophile but rather as a lonely man who drank excessively and held a 'completely false idea of where the appropriate boundaries lie.'
At his trial last month, Johansen denied eight charges, including four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a girl under 13 years old between May 2004 and August 2007. He faced two other charges of sexually assaulting the same girl from September 2005 to August 2007, one charge of sexual activity with another girl under 16 between April 2006 and April 2008, and a final charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by asking one of the girls to change her story from February 2009 to February 2010.
Prosecutor Fiona Elder told the jury that Johansen had kissed and molested one of the girls during her stay at his home. Johansen maintained his innocence, claiming all allegations were false.
During the sentencing, defence lawyer Meirion Davies presented the court with testimonials supporting Johansen. The judge noted that Johansen's merchant navy career included serving aboard the Oriana and suggested that a suspended sentence could be appropriate because the offences were at the lower end of the scale.
Ultimately, Johansen was jailed for two years. The judge also ordered him to register as a sex offender for the next ten years. In his final remarks, Johansen expressed a desire to appeal, stating, 'I would like to go to the Court of Appeal if I may.' The judge responded, 'Of course you may,' to which Johansen replied, 'Thank you anyway.'
In his sentencing, Judge Tabor remarked, ‘I suspect you pleaded not guilty because you feared being branded as what the press call a paedophile. I don’t believe you are a paedophile. I think you are a man of the time who was rather lonely, drinking too much and had a completely false idea of where the appropriate boundaries lie. I have had the opportunity to observe you. It seems to me you are gauche and are unaware of where the personal boundaries of others lie. But you must have known it was wholly inappropriate to kiss little girls in the way you did. You are an arrogant man. You think you know best. You don’t. You have injured and hurt one little girl quite considerably, and her victim impact statement makes that plain. It would be good if you removed that arrogance and looked at yourself more deeply rather than blame others.’
During the sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Jamie Tabor QC described Johansen as 'arrogant' and 'gauche.' However, the judge clarified that he did not view Johansen as a paedophile but rather as a lonely man who drank excessively and held a 'completely false idea of where the appropriate boundaries lie.'
At his trial last month, Johansen denied eight charges, including four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a girl under 13 years old between May 2004 and August 2007. He faced two other charges of sexually assaulting the same girl from September 2005 to August 2007, one charge of sexual activity with another girl under 16 between April 2006 and April 2008, and a final charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by asking one of the girls to change her story from February 2009 to February 2010.
Prosecutor Fiona Elder told the jury that Johansen had kissed and molested one of the girls during her stay at his home. Johansen maintained his innocence, claiming all allegations were false.
During the sentencing, defence lawyer Meirion Davies presented the court with testimonials supporting Johansen. The judge noted that Johansen's merchant navy career included serving aboard the Oriana and suggested that a suspended sentence could be appropriate because the offences were at the lower end of the scale.
Ultimately, Johansen was jailed for two years. The judge also ordered him to register as a sex offender for the next ten years. In his final remarks, Johansen expressed a desire to appeal, stating, 'I would like to go to the Court of Appeal if I may.' The judge responded, 'Of course you may,' to which Johansen replied, 'Thank you anyway.'
In his sentencing, Judge Tabor remarked, ‘I suspect you pleaded not guilty because you feared being branded as what the press call a paedophile. I don’t believe you are a paedophile. I think you are a man of the time who was rather lonely, drinking too much and had a completely false idea of where the appropriate boundaries lie. I have had the opportunity to observe you. It seems to me you are gauche and are unaware of where the personal boundaries of others lie. But you must have known it was wholly inappropriate to kiss little girls in the way you did. You are an arrogant man. You think you know best. You don’t. You have injured and hurt one little girl quite considerably, and her victim impact statement makes that plain. It would be good if you removed that arrogance and looked at yourself more deeply rather than blame others.’