Extra prison time for predatory rapist who abused young girls - The Coventry Observer

Extra prison time for predatory rapist who abused young girls

Coventry Editorial 21st Sep, 2020   0

A PREDATORY pervert who was jailed last year for abusing children will serve a longer sentence after three additional victims contacted police.

Kenneth Light was jailed for more than eight years in September 2019, after being found guilty of historic sex offences against two young girls between 1998 and 2006.

His depraved crimes were exposed after he sexually assaulted one victim again in 2016, when she was in her 20s, which brought back her childhood trauma.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: “After he was convicted, detectives believed Light had more victims and they appealed for anyone else who had suffered from Light’s advances to come forward.




“Three women did just that – two alleged incidents of indecent assault when they were children and the third accused Light of raping her when she was in her 20s.”

Light, now 76 and previously of Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, admitted the assaults, but denied the rape, however on the first day of his trial he changed his plea to guilty.


On September 15, Light was sentenced to a further eight years and eight months in prison, which will run concurrently.

He will also remain on the Sex Offender Register for life.

Detective Constable Karen Jones, from the WMP Public Protection Unit, said: “We do not underestimate the impact that abuse from many years ago can still have on people living with that memory.

“This conviction shows that we are determined to bring perpetrators to justice, no matter how many years have passed.

“We have specialist officers who are trained to deal expertly and sensitively with such cases and I would urge anyone who suffered historical abuse, and may still be suffering now, to contact us.

“We work with a number of other organisations who can offer support throughout the judicial process.”

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