Nuneaton groper who targeted woman running alone is jailed

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Sean Bradley has left some of his victims scared to go running



A Nuneaton sex attacker has been jailed after groping his victims when they stopped to give him directions.

Sean Bradley targeted young woman who were out running, leaving many of his victims scared to go running alone, a judge at Warwick Crown Court heard.

The 29-year-old of Station Road in Higham on the Hill, near Nuneaton, has been sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to five charges of sexual assault.

He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years and, because he had committed the offences while out on his moped, banned from driving for two years and 11 months.

Between them, the five women provided the police with sufficient information to get the registration of the moped, which was traced to Bradley who was arrested at his girlfriend’s home.

When he was questioned he admitted the five offences, but denied a sixth matter which Mr Windridge said the prosecution had decided not to proceed with after Bradley had entered his pleas.

He added that, at the time, Bradley was subject to a community order imposed at Leicester Crown Court in November last year for two ‘very similar sexual assaults.’

Derek Johashen, defending, suggested there had not been any planning behind the offences, but Judge Andrew Lockhart QC commented: “He knows he’s on an order, and he goes out and targets young women out running. There plainly has to be planning.”

Jailing Bradley, Judge Lockhart pointed out that his victims have spoken of feeling violated, with one of them throwing away the running kit she was wearing that day, and another saying her love of running had been taken from her as a result.

“All of these victims are lone females out running. I have absolutely no doubt you are a person who drove round looking for them. There must be significant planning,” he told Bradley.

“You are unable to see the seriousness of your conduct. You minimalised it in the probation report.

“I cannot possibly suspend the sentence. You had the opportunity to address your sexual offending under the community order, and did not take it,” Judge Lockhart added.