A CHILD rapist was warned he faced a ‘substantial’ jail sentence as he admitted a catalogue of sex offences against a 10-year-old girl.
Appearing before Oxford Crown Court on Monday morning, Willem van der Werf, 56, of Windmill Close, Banbury, pleaded guilty to 10 charges.
They included allegations of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault by penetration, sexual activity with a child under-13, causing or inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity and causing a child to watch an image of a sexual act.
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The offences were all committed against the same victim in Banbury last March.
Judge Michael Gledhill QC remanded him in custody to be sentenced on May 30. He warned the north Oxfordshire man: “You are to expect a substantial immediate term of imprisonment for these serious offences and therefore you are remanded in custody.”
He warned the lawyers – Robert Brown for the Crown Prosecution Service and Adrian Amer for van der Werf – that the sentencing might be put off again next month. “When [the sentencing judge] heard the facts of this case they may want a report about dangerousness,” he said.
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If a judge finds a defendant ‘dangerous’ they will serve at least two thirds of their jail time in custody and be subject to an extended period on licence, being supervised by the probation service.
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