May 2014 man jailed after sex with underage foster care girl A POLESWORTH man who had sex with an under-age girl while she was in foster care has been jailed for three years. Jason Abbott, aged 31, of Rowland Avenue, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life by a judge at Warwick Crown Court. He had pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with a child, two of them involving acts of intercourse with her and one by getting her to perform oral sex on him. Prosecutor Tom Kenning said the offences came to light last year after the girl ran away from home and ended up being placed in foster care. It then came to light that she had been involved in sexual activity with Abbott, although she insisted: “He never made me do anything I didn’t want to do.” When Abbott was arrested he said they had had sex in the bedroom at his home on about eight occasions, including oral sex. But he claimed he only knew her age when the police had come to his address the previous week looking for the girl. Lee Marklew, defending, said that at the time Abbott was ‘seriously physically and mentally unwell.’ He had suffered kidney problems since the age of 14, and as a result of one of his kidneys failing he had to give up his job, and his relationship with his partner then broke down. On top of that he had to undergo dialysis three or four times a week, and had become depressed at the time of the offences. But since his arrest Abbott, who had met the girl through a friend and was aware of her age by the time they began having sex, has had a kidney transplant. Jailing Abbott, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano, said that even though the girl, who was aged 15, had consented, he had taken advantage of her and was responsible for what had taken place.