August 2014 Bristol man who sexually abused woman and young boys jailed for 17 years A PERVERT who sexually abused a woman and two boys has been jailed for 17 years and six months. Steven Osgood preyed on the two lads when they were aged as young as five and ten, Bristol Crown Court was told. The court heard he had a previous conviction for sexually abusing a woman. Osgood, 44, of Selbrooke Crescent, Bristol, was found guilty of two rapes, three sexual assaults of a boy aged under 13 and two charges of having sexual activity with a child. Judge Martin Picton told him he found him to be a dangerous offender, under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act, but considered a lengthy, determinate sentence appropriate. He told Osgood: “The effect was profound. “One of your victims referred to you as ruining his life. His vulnerability is obvious and well-known to you. “You preyed on them and used them, cynically, as sexual objects to fulfil your desires. “You had a spiteful and cruel attitude towards them.” Osgood told the judge: “I shall appeal against it.” He was told to register as a sex offender for life and was made the subject of an indefinite sexual offences prevention order, banning him from unsupervised contact with youngsters. In a trial in June, a jury found that Osgood touched one ten-year-old inappropriately, got the boy to touch him and raped him. He was also convicted of intimately groping a “profoundly vulnerable” second boy. A report written by a probation officer concluded Osgood remained in denial of wrongdoing. Neil Treharne, defending, said: “Mr Osgood was abused as a child himself. “That is no excuse but certainly had an impact on him and his earlier offending. “He suffers from physical health issues and he has personality issues. “His health issues are the main focus of his life. “He’s finding custody difficult.”