January 2016 Man convicted of sexual offences against children A man has been convicted of sex offences against children following an investigation by Thames Valley police. Neil Davenport, aged 51, of Ramsbury Avenue, Penhill, Swindon, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday 6 to three years and six months in prison for indecent assault. He was found guilty after a three day trial at the same court by unanimous jury of three counts of indecent assault on a child under 13 years and one count of gross indecency with a child. As well as the prison sentence he was given a ten year Sexual Offences Prevention Order. In the early 1980s, Davenport indecently assaulted a girl and incited her to perform acts of gross indecency. Davenport was also convicted at a trial in July 2015 at Oxford Crown Court of three counts of sexual activity with a child. He was found guilty by unanimous jury of these offences after a four day trial and sentenced at the same court on 11 September 2015 to three years’ imprisonment. In the early noughties, Davenport sexually touched a girl aged between 13 and 15 years old. There were reporting restrictions in place for this earlier trial which have now been lifted following the conclusion of Davenport’s second trial. Davenport was arrested on 7 February 2014 and again on 19 May 2014. He was charged with both offences on 29 October 2014.