September 2016 Man sentenced to 8 years jail for child sex crimes against 4 young victims A man from Bedworth has been sentenced to prison for sexual offences against children. Thomas Hammersley, aged 59, of The Leys, Bedworth, appeared at Warwick Court on Friday where he was sentenced to eight years in prison for 13 counts of sexual activity with children. The offences involved four female victims under the age of 16, which took place at several locations in the Bedworth and Nuneaton area between 1987 and 2016. Hammersley pleaded guilty to the offences.