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A man from Smethwick has has been jailed today (23 November) for sexual assault which took place after a night of drinking. John Poles was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court to seven years and eight months for four counts of assault by penetration and two counts of sexual touching.
Over 100 paedophile suspects have been arrested in the last 12 months in the West Midlands. Caught by a specialist Regional Organised Crime Unit working in the region to trap sex offenders, the online cops hunted down the predators across several busy digital platforms.
West Midlands Police has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling sex offences in the gay community – and is urging licensed venues to back the scheme by ensuring staff are trained to help protect vulnerable customers. Officers from the force’s Public Protection Units are launching the campaign in the face of increasing sex attacks…