Febuary 2002 Van driver had unlawful sex with a girl of 15 A VAN driver from Swindon has been jailed for a year after admitting having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Oxford Crown Court heard how 34 year-old John Law, of Deerhurst Way, Toothill, saw the girl sitting on a wall outside her North Oxfordshire school. He then drove her to a secluded spot and had unlawful sex with her. Prosecuting, Rachel Drake said the girl saw Law pull up outside a pub on July 13 last year. He seemed to be asking for directions. Ms Drake said: “He shouted and asked whether she would like to win a tenner.” The schoolgirl went across to the vehicle. Judge Paul Clark heard Law told the girl he had been having problems with his girlfriend. The pair shared a cannabis joint. Law then drove behind the pub. Ms Drake said the girl became uncomfortable but when she told him she had to get back to school he grabbed her wrist and said ‘wait’. It was then, said Ms Drake, that Law had sex with the girl who fled back to school and told a teacher. Law was arrested the next day. In an interview, the defendant said the girl told him she was over 16. Nick Devine, defending, said his client’s behaviour had been totally out of character. The judge jailed Law for 12 months and ordered him to be placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.