Sheffield man, 66, convicted of sex offences against teenage girl following trial at Ipswich Crown Court
The victim was under the age of 15
A 66-year-old Sheffield man has been found guilty of historic sex offences against a teenage girl at a court in Suffolk.
Pete Eason, of Owlthorpe Drive, Mosborough, was convicted on September 16 of five counts in which the victim was girl under the age of 15.
The counts all involved causing or inciting the victim to engage in physical sexual activity, and reportedly took place over 10 years ago.
Eason stood trial over 21 counts of a range of sex offences in all. He was found not guilty of 17 counts and guilty of the five listed above.
At the outset of the trial, he denied eight offences of rape, four offences of sexual activity with a child, four offences of assault by penetration, three offences of causing a child to engage in sexual activity, one offence of sexual assault and one offence of attempted rape.
He will be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on October 29, 2026.