May 2013 Ferryhill man jailed for five years after conviction for indecently assaulting girl A MAN has been jailed for a decade-old sex assault on a girl Gary Stewart Seal was arrested after the victim revealed to a relative in November 2011 what had taken place years earlier. He protested his innocence when interviewed, and was initially accused of a total of nine charges, which he denied at Durham Crown Court last November. Following further adjournments the case, reduced to an eight count indictment, went ahead as a trial last month. Seal, of Rydal Road, Ferryhill, County Durham, denied three counts of indecent assault, one of causing, or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and four of sexual activity with a child. A jury found him ‘guilty’ of the three counts of indecent assault, but cleared him of the other five charges. Sentence was adjourned until Friday, (May 17) when 30-year-old Seal was jailed for a total of five years. Judge Christopher Prince told him: “The victim gave a very clear statement as to what you had done, but, you called her a liar. “The jury didn’t believe you and convicted you of three counts. They found her to be truthful. “The impact on the victim has been most averse and grave. “