May 2018 Ilkeston paedophile jailed for raping children An Ilkeston man has been sentenced to 8-and-a-half years in prison for committing sexual offences against three young children, including the rape of a four-year-old. Ashley Adkin, 29, was found guilty of rape and sexual assault after denying the offences which happened more than a decade ago. In November 2016 two victims came forward and reported that they had been sexually abused by Adkin when they were younger. Throughout the course of the police investigation two other young victims were identified who then made reports to the police. Adkin was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court for a number of child rapes and sexual assaults on a child with the youngest being just four years-old at the time. The court was told how Adkin gave cannabis to one of the victims prior to him raping her.