A TEENAGE boy has been convicted of sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl while they watched the film Despicable Me 2.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was yesterday found guilty of causing or inciting a female child to engage in sexual activity between October 24 and November 2 last year.
He was cleared of two sexual assaults on children and a sexual assault on a woman between August 16 and October 9 last year.
The jury returned a majority verdict of 10 to two after about six hours of deliberating at Oxford Crown Court.
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During the trial jurors were told the teenager had already admitted sexually assaulting another woman between August 16 and October 9 last year.
He will now be sentenced after a probation report has been prepared.
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