A 21 year old man who pretended he was 15 when he had sex with a 14 year old girl has been jailed
Reece Austick of Maple Close, Salford, pleaded guilty to rape and has been sentenced to seven years and two months at Manchester Crown Square Court yesterday.
Additionally, he has been ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for life.
Austick added his victim on Facebook in November 2018 and was speaking to them online for two or three weeks prior to arranging to meet.
Austick said he was aged 15, but when she was travelling on the train to meet him, he text his victim to say that he was actually 17. In actual fact, he was 21.
He knew his victim was 14 as she had told him and it displayed her age on her profile.
Over the course of two days at Austick’s address, he sexually abused his victim by forcing her to have sex with him.
Police later arrested Austick on suspicion of rape. The victim was safeguarded and supported by specialist officers.
Detective Sergeant James Walsh, of our Criminal Investigation Department in Salford, said: “Firstly I want to thank the victim for coming forward and reporting this awful ordeal to us.
“Austick was calculated in his offending – he approached his victim on social media and knew she was a teenager. He then subjected her to appalling sexual abuse over the course of two days.
“He is a dangerous individual who has intentionally targeted a child victim and subjected her to horrendous abuse. I welcome his lengthy sentence.”
“Due to the complexities in this case, it has taken a long time to get to this point, and I want to thank the victim for her patience, courage and perseverance.”
