September 2011 Sex offender jailed for eight years for offences SEX offender Raymond Crancher has been jailed for eight years after a committing a series of serious offences, including rape. Crancher, 54, of Fairview Avenue, Cleethorpes, admitted six offences after initially facing a trial. The offences included three of rape, two of indecently assaulting a female and another of sexually assaulting a girl under 13. A jury had been sworn in at Sheffield Crown Court but the matter was stood down for discussions and guilty pleas were later offered. These were accepted by the prosecution and the jury was discharged. Crancher was ordered to register as a sex offender indefinitely and was banned from working with children.