James Huband appeared before Chester Crown Court on Thursday, 12 February, where he received a sentence of 26 years in prison.
In addition to his custodial term, he was placed under an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
The 48-year-old resident of Winsford had earlier pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including four counts of raping a girl under 13, three counts of assaulting a girl under 13 through penetration, four counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching, and four counts of encouraging a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
The crimes took place over the period from 2023 to 2025.
As part of the investigation, specialist officers utilized a detection dog trained to identify semen, which was taken to an area connected to some of the offences.
The dog ultimately located semen belonging to Huband on a blanket belonging to one of the victims.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
76.4%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
38.1%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
76.4%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
James Huband appeared before Chester Crown Court on Thursday, 12 February, where he received a sentence of 26 years in prison. In addition to his custodial term, he was placed under an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). The ...
Court order
In addition to his custodial term, he was placed under an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)
