July 2007 Harefield man on sex offenders register A HAREFIELD man has pleaded guilty to inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Roy Newman, 73, of Hall Drive, was sentenced to a sex offender’s prevention order, a three-year community supervision order, five years on the sex offenders’ register and he is disqualified from working with children under 18. Newman admitted to befriending a girl, who at the time was nine-years-old, and developing the relationship until she was 14. Detective constable Nick Strivens, of the Child Protection Unit, said: “I would encourage anyone who is a victim of abuse to contact the police. “I am grateful that young victim in this case has been spared the ordeal of a trial, and I hope she is now able to put this behind her and move on with her life.”