October 2014 Former Plymouth boat-builder jailed for sex attacks on girl and woman A MAN has been jailed for almost three years for sexually assaulting a woman and a teenage girl. Former boat-builder David Newsome, aged 45, had denied indecently touching both the females. But he was found guilty by a jury at Plymouth Crown Court. Judge Paul Darlow jailed him for a total of two years and ten months. He said Newsome had indecently touched the girl as she lay in bed at home in the city. The judge said there had been an element of grooming with his treatment of the teenager and she had been exposed to pornography. Newsome, formerly in Plymouth but now living in Leyland, Lancashire, was convicted of sexual assault of a girl aged under 16 between April 2009 and August 2011. He was also found guilty of sexual assault of the woman in July 2012. Newsome pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. Garth Richardson, for Newsome, said he was going to appeal against his conviction. He added: “He cannot bring himself to accept the jury’s verdict. He genuinely continues to say that it never happened. “He said it was skylarking and play-fighting which went too far. He is not in good health and was taken to hospital during the course of the trial with a suspected heart attack.” The court heard he was a man of good character before the jury’s verdicts. Newsome complained of chest pains during the judge’s summing up and returned from hospital to discover he had been found guilty. Judge Darlow jailed him for two years and nine months for the sexual assault on the girl, with another month for indecently touching the woman. He imposed no separate penalty for possession of cannabis.