Sheffield serial rapist jailed for more than a decade
He was convicted of assaulting a 15 year old girl
A Sheffield man has been jailed for 14 years for the repeated rape of a child, as well as possession of child pornography.
29 year old Kevin Cox, of Mowbray Street, was sentenced for five counts of rape of a 15-year-old child, two counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child, and three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child.
He was already subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order issued in May 2019 after being convicted of possession of indecent images and voyeurism.
Police visited Cox's address in January 2023 to check his devices as part of this order.
39 indecent images of a child were subsequently found, around half of which were of the most serious kind.
Officers also discovered chats between Cox and a 14 year old girl, during which explicit images and messages were sent.
Further checks revealed a conversation between Cox and a woman who alleged he had raped her on several occasions between December 2017 and December 2018 when she was 15 years old.
When officers interviewed the woman she said Cox had added her on social media, arranging to meet before raping her.
Cox then used explicit photos to coerce the girl into meeting him again.
The 29 year old would later claim he had consensual sex with the then 15 year old, as he thought she was 16.
Cox admitted the child pornography charges but went to trial over the five counts of rape.
He was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court on November 21 last year.
Alongside the prison sentence he will serve a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order and has been handed a lifetime restraining order against the victim.
DC Amy Shore, of South Yorkshire Police, said: “Cox is a depraved sex offender who caused untold pain for his victims, and I am thankful that he will spend more than a decade behind bars for his string of crimes.
“His lifetime SHPO ensures that officers can continue to monitor his online behaviour when he is released, and the restraining order provides further protection for the victim to whom he caused so much harm.
“I would like to pay tribute to the strength and bravery of Cox’s victims in providing evidence of his abuse, and I hope that this lengthy sentence provides them with a sense of closure.
“Although no sentence could ever undo the pain that Cox has inflicted, I hope these two women are able to move on with their lives”.