May 2017 Soham man jailed for sexual offences A Soham man has been jailed for four years for two counts of historic sexual abuse. One of the charges involved a girl under the age of 14. David John Paul, of Staploe Mews, was found guilty in a majority jury verdict of indecent assault on a female child He was also found guilty by majority jury verdict of inciting a girl under fourteen years to have sex. They are both sexual offences. In a trial at the Old Bailey he was given a four year prison term for the indecent assault and four years to run concurrently for the inciting offence. He will be made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO) and will be added to the Barring list which means he will be unable to carry out certain employment on his release in the interests of public safety.