April 2022 Newport paedophile jailed for ‘horrific abuse’ of girl A convicted rapist has been jailed after he subjected a young girl to “horrific sexual abuse” in a separate case. Paedophile Gad Evans, 55, from Newport, has been locked up for nine years following his guilty pleas to a raft of offences. They were committed in Caerphilly county between 2007 and 2011. Owen Williams, prosecuting, told Newport Crown Court that Evans was jailed for rape more than a decade ago. The defendant pleaded guilty to four counts of causing/inciting a girl under 12 to engage in sexual activity and one of assault by penetration. He also admitted five counts of sexual assault of a child under 13. Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke told the defendant he would have to serve two-thirds of his nine-year sentence in prison. Evans must register as a sex offender indefinitely and was banned from working with children for life.