Timothy Schofield will be sentenced today after being found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
The 54-year-old, who is the brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield, is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court this morning where he will be sentenced by The Honourable Mrs Justice Cutts, BristolLive reports.
He was convicted last month of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child, following a trial at Exeter Crown Court. On April 3 the jury found him guilty on all counts with a majority of 10-2 after more than five-and-a-half hours' deliberation.
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During his trial, he 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 he denied performing sexual acts on the teenager.
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