March 2012 Babysitter who sexually assaulted girl is jailed HULL: A babysitter who sexually assaulted a child has been jailed for four years. Richard John Ashbridge, 36, attacked the girl on four occasions when he babysat for her. He was found unanimously guilty by a jury at Hull Crown Court of two counts of gross indecency and indecency with a child. Judge Jeremy Baker QC told Ashbridge, of Clarendon Street, west Hull, it was a breach of trust. He said: “Your victim continues to have flashbacks. There was a significant age gap between you and your victim.” In a victim impact statement read to the court, the girl said: “I have not been able to trust people because of this. “I keep having flashbacks and I’m worried I will keep having them for the rest of my life.” In 1996 Ashbridge was given a community order for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl. In addition to his jail sentence, Ashbridge was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.