19 year old sentenced for raping teenager in North Yorkshire village

Cameron Kyle Edwards carried out the attack in December 2020

Author: Kathy GreenPublished 28th Apr 2023

A 19 year old man has been jailed for 5 years for raping a 14 year old teenager.

Cameron Kyle Edwards, 19, of Selby Road, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, pleaded guilty to 11 sex offences when he appeared at York Crown Court on 7 November 2022 including rape, making indecent photographs of children and possessing extreme pornography.

Today he has been sentenced to 65 months’ detention in a Young Offenders Institute, issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order until further order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely.

North Yorkshire Police say in December 2020 Edwards raped a 14-year-old girl at a property in a North Yorkshire village. The victim was able to identify Edwards as the offender and he was arrested the same day.

Following his arrest his phone was seized and 6,200 indecent images were found during the investigation process, many of which were category A (the most serious).

The phone also contained a video of Edwards sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl during a separate incident.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Martin Willoughby, said: “First of all I would like to comment on the bravery of the two victims which helped secure the conviction of Edwards today.

“The pattern of behaviour shown by Edwards is extremely worrying and demonstrated how it quickly escalated into the serious offences which he will now spend time in prison for.

“I know the sentence will never undo the anguish Edwards put his victims through but I hope it will go some way to reassure them, knowing he now off the streets of North Yorkshire for some time.”

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