Bradley Martin, a Bexhill paedophile builder, who sexually assaulted a three-year-old toddler got a 31-year term.
Between April and October, 2022, Bradley Martin 29 of Chandler Road in Bexhill sexually assaulted his victim several times.
Following discovery of inexplicable injuries, police were informed after the child’s mother brought them to a hospital for assessment.
Concerns expressed by Hastings hospital workers to Sussex Police sparked an inquiry.
Bradley Martin was arrested on October 26, 2022; his phone revealed damning searches including how do police detect if anything has been hacked? and how many years for Bexhill sex offenders?
Officers also came out 127 unlawful pictures of category A severe pornography including human and animal subjects.
He was placed in jail and later charged with three charges of rape of a kid under 13.
Although he entered a not guilty plea to all charges, he was convicted guilty of each of the offences at Monday, July 3, Hove Crown Court.
Bradley Martin was sentenced to 23 years in jail at Hove Crown Court on Friday, 29 September; another eight years will be spent on extended licence.
He was handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order greatly restricting his access to minors and digital devices and will be on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
Bradley Martin mistreated his young victim in the most horrible manner, said Detective Constable Kelly Yates of Hastings Safeguarding Investigations Unit, found thanks to the mother’s care and medical experts’ attention.
I owe thanks to the victim and their family for their bravery and tenacity through what has been a very trying journey.
Thanks to their help, we have been able to place Bradley Martin behind bars for a considerable period of time and set mechanisms to guarantee he cannot endanger the public any more.
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