February 2017 Man jailed for child sex offences A Bognor man has started an extended 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to sexual offences against a young boy and distributing an indecent photo of a child, Sussex Police said. Sean Robert Williams, unemployed, of Gossamer Lane, Bognor Regis was sentenced on Friday January 20 at Brighton Crown Court, police said. The 27-year-old was sentenced for five counts of rape on a child, five sexual assaults on a child, causing/inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity and distributing an indecent Internet photo of a child, according to police. Recorder George Lawson-Rogers sentenced Williams to a ten-year custodial term followed by a five year extended term on release licence supervision, police said. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Williams was also issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) severely restricting his access to children, and will be a registered sex offender for life. “He pleaded not guilty to four charges of making indecent images and four charges of possessing extreme pornographic images. These charges were not proceeded with and the Recorder directed that they should lay on the court file pending any further court decision.