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Phillip Schofield’s brother Timothy Schofield sentenced to 12 years in prison in child sex abuse case-Aisha Nozari and Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro
Schofield was sentenced on Thursday.
Timothy Schofield has been sentenced following a trial for sexual offences involving a child (Picture: PA)
Timothy Schofield was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday.
Schofield, 54 – brother of TV star Phillip Schofield – was found guilty of 11 sexual offences involving a child, including two of sexual activity with a child, after a trial at Exeter Crown Court earlier last month.
During sentencing on Friday, Mrs Justice Cutts told him he had ‘exploited [the victim’s] innocence at this stage of his life for your own sexual gratification.
‘It was wrong on every level for you to behave as you did.
‘He felt forced to do what you wanted, trapped and unable to escape. He felt he couldn’t tell anyone and did not do so for many years. You took away his ability to be the teenager he should have been – carefree, relaxed, happy. It is clear to me that you became utterly obsessed with him.’
Mrs Cutts went on to commend the boy on coming forward to report the abuse.
Schofield was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child and was found guilty on all counts (Picture: PA)
Late last month, Schofield was sacked from his job as a police IT worker.
He worked in IT for Avon and Somerset Police and had already been suspended from his job at police HQ in Portishead after he was arrested and charged.
Following his convictions, a misconduct hearing was chaired by assistant chief constable Will White and he was dismissed without notice.
Earlier in April, Schofield was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019 – including two of sexual activity with a child.
Schofield told the jury while giving evidence that he had watched pornography with the boy – whom he insisted was over the age of 16 at that time – and they had masturbated while sitting apart but denied performing sexual acts on the teenager.
He is said to have told his TV star brother about some of the alleged offending in September 2021.
Following the verdict, Phillip issued a statement condemning the actions of his brother in which he said: ‘As far as I am concerned, I no longer have a brother.’
Timothy Schofield covered his face as he arrived at Exeter Crown Court in March (Picture: PA)
Schofield is said to have told his TV star brother about some of the alleged offending in September 2021 (Picture: Instagram)
The jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty of all counts with a majority of 10-2 after more than five-and-a-half hours of deliberation.
He denied the charges but was convicted of three counts of causing a child to watch sexual activity, three of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, three of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two of sexual activity with a child.
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