December 2016 38-year-old Minehead man jailed for sexual abuse of two girls A man who sexually abused two young girls was jailed for eight years by a furious judge today (December 21). 38-year-old Andre Egington, currently a serving prisoner, but originally from Penfield Road in Minehead, had sex with a 15-year-old and then months later went on to abuse a 12-year-old girl. As he assaulted the younger girl he told his crying victim: “Don’t tell. I could get in trouble. What goes on in this house, stays in this house.” Prosecuting, Mark Worsley said Egington had tried to cover his tracks by telling the girl’s father he had ‘accidentally’ touched her, but broke down in tears and confessed what he had done when the girl told her school what had happened. “When he was confronted by the girl’s father, he told him ‘I didn’t mean it’,” Mr Worsley said, adding that Egington had admitted his crimes when interviewed by police. The judge sentenced him to four years for sexual activity with a child and one year for sexual assault on a child under the age of 13, to run concurrently. He also sentenced him to four consecutive years for a penetrative assault on a child under the age of 13, and a further 12 months on license. Egington was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and told to pay a surcharge of £140.