March 2014 Sex offences caught up on child offender years later A former college student left court with his life in tatters because of child sex offences he committed when he was a child himself Dean Verrill was several years under the age of consent when he molested a younger girl who came forward years later. Teeside crown court heard The victim walked into a police station and reported the abuse she suffered as a child. She told how Verrill was older than her when he touched her when she was a young girl She said the sexual activity had affected her relationship with her boyfriend as an adult Verrill, now 23, at first denied the offences and said he had little memory of the events. But he later admitted two charges of indecency with a child who was aged under 13 years old He maintained it was, ‘childhood sexual experimentation’ The crown did not accept this Judge George Moorhouse told Verrill: “That sort of behaviour, however young one is , will not be tolerated. It is very serious.” “Fortunately you’ve been out of trouble now for sometime, except for two minor matters” “You’ll have to be punished for this” He gave Verrill, of Queens road, Loftus a one year community order with supervision Verrill, who had no relevant previous convictions will be on the sex offenders register for five years