A FORMER Rugby man convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl has been remanded while a pre-sentence report is prepared on him.
Steven Hewitt, who has recently been living at an address in Kingston-upon-Hull, had denied three charges of sexual assault, seven of assault, and two of voyeurism.
A jury at Warwick Crown Court found him guilty of all 12 charges by unanimous verdicts following a week-long trial.
Prosecutor Mark Knowles said the offences came to light when 33 year-old Hewitt’s victim, who is now in her 20s, went to the police last year to complain about the abuse she had suffered as a child.
It began when she had babysat for Hewitt and his wife, who had lived at various addresses in Rugby, when she was 14.
His offences began with an incident when he sexually touched her. He also left his i-Phone in the bathroom, hoping to capture her in a state of undress while she was there.
His victim spoke of occasions when, while his wife was upstairs, Hewitt had pinned her on the sofa and touched her sexually.
She would try to push him off, but he would carry on, putting his arm round her mouth so she could not cry out.
His victim finally contacted the police early last year and Hewitt was arrested.
But Hewitt claimed although he had touched the girl, it had been when she was older, adding she had not objected, which he had taken to be agreement to what he was doing.
After the jury returned its guilty verdicts, Judge Sylvia de Bertodano, remanding Hewitt in custody, told him: “I am not going to sentence you today, because I would be helped by a pre-sentence report, but you know very well it will be a sentence measured in many years.”
