July 2017 Rotherham man jailed for abusing three very young girls A man has been jailed for 15-and-a-half years today for sexually abusing three very young girls from Rotherham. Dean Harris, 44, of Trough Drive, Thrybergh, Rotherham, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court today to be sentenced. He had pleaded guilty to four counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration and two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 at an earlier hearing. He yesterday entered a further guilty plea to one count of sexual activity with a child under 16.