September 2014 Man jailed for sex attacks on schoolgirl A Leamington man arranged to meet a girl he had met in a friends taxi, despite being told she was under-age, and took part in sex acts with her in a park The encounter has now cost Allan Morris his liberty after he was jailed for three years by a judge at Warwick crown court and ordered to register as a sex offender for life Morris, aged 38, of Crown Way, Lillington, had denied a charge of sexual activity with a child, claiming he believed the child was over 21 years old, but changed his plea to guilty on the day of the trial Prosecutor Tim Sapwell said the girl, who was 15 but had the educational age of an eight-year-old, was befriended by Morris after a chance meeting in a taxi Although he had a job as a cleaner, Morris would travel with a driver he knew, just for the company, and was with him when the girl and her grandmother were passengers They struck up a conversation and after that there was some contact between them via Facebook after he added her as a ‘friend’ Mr Sapwell pointed out that although the girl had not disclosed her age, Morris was aware of the child’s learning difficulties They then arranged to meet outside a shop, and after the girl had been into Leamington town centre with a friend and her friends mother, she failed to return home. Her concerned mother called the other woman, who had assumed she had gone home, to ask if she knew where the child was So the child’s friend’s mother went to the shops near her home to look for the girl, and saw her walking past with Morris When she called her name, the girl looked worried and Morris walked off in the opposite direction The girl said Morris had carried out sexual acts on her in the park. The girl was interviewed by police and said he had asked her if he could do so, and although she had not wanted it to happen, she had not said no Jailing Morris, recorder Simon Ward also imposed a sexual offences prevention order banning him from having or seeking contact with any child under 16 years old for a period of 10 years