Sex attacker avoids jail after assaulting fancy dressed woman in alleyway

[dutchman]

A sex attacker who assaulted a fancy-dressed young woman in a Leamington alleyway has narrowly escaped being jailed



Keowen Carberry had denied sexually assaulting the woman during the incident in April last year, but was found guilty after a trial at Coventry Crown Court in June.

Following an adjournment for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on him, Carberry, of St Margarets Road, Leamington, was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years.

Judge Philip Gregory, who had warned the 24-year-old there was ‘a very real possibility’ he would be jailed, also ordered him to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

And as a result of the sentence Carberry will have to register as a sex offender for ten years.

Following the jury’s verdict Judge Gregory said: “He told us he was employed in a nursery, and one of the consequences of this conviction, I imagine, is that he will lose that employment.”