Man, 65, found guilty of child sex offences

A 65-year-old man has been convicted of a string of child sex offences which were carried out over a three-year period.

Kevin Brett, of Beyton Road in Thurston, Suffolk, had been charged with seven sexual offences involving a child and one count of voyeurism.

The offences are believed to have taken place in Bury St Edmunds between January 2018 and June 2021.

Following a trial at Ipswich Crown Court, a jury found Brett guilty of all counts. He will be sentenced at a hearing sitting at Colchester Magistrates' Court on 8 May.

The charges Brett was convicted off were:

• Three counts of inciting a girl under 13 in sexual activity
• One count of assault of a girl under 13 by touching
• Three counts of engaging in nonpenetrative sexual activity with a child
• One count of voyeurism

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