WEST YORKSHIRE SEX OFFENDER JAILED FOR ASSAULTING TEEN GIRL
A fairground worker who had sex with a teenage girl in a West Yorkshire field has been jailed.
Already a convicted sex offender, Ryan Laing, 27, had been messaging the girl on Snapchat before having sex with her, Leeds Crown Court heard on Monday.
It was said the incident occurred in September last year, when Laing and the girl had been walking and settled in a field, where he began "nudging" her.
The court heard they started "play fighting" and then Laing "slept" with the girl.
The girl believed the activity was consensual and "stopped when she told him to stop." Her mother discovered messages between them, leading to police contact.
Laing claimed the allegations were "false" and motivated by her family's knowledge of his status as a registered sex offender.
Laing had previously sexually assaulted another teenager at age 22 and had been sentenced, subsequently breaching his sex offenders' registration requirements.
He pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child during Monday’s hearing.
The court sentenced him to four and a half years in prison, with a requirement to serve up to half before release on licence.
The judge noted Laing's isolated lifestyle, alcohol abuse, and recent efforts to find work and education since being in custody.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
46.7%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
46.5%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
46.7%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
edge of his status as a registered sex offender. Laing had previously sexually assaulted another teenager at age 22 and had been sentenced, subsequently breaching his sex offenders' registration requirements. He pleaded guilty to sexual ...
Prison sentence
A fairground worker who had sex with a teenage girl in a West Yorkshire field has been jailed
Prison sentence
four and a half years
The court sentenced him to four and a half years in prison, with a requirement to serve up to half before release on licence
