Whitby man who committed sexual offences against six year old girl sentenced

A Yorkshire man who committed sexual offences against a six-year-old girl and said he would "hurt her if she told anyone what he had done" has been given a suspended sentence.
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Jay Neasham, 20, was convicted of sexually assaulting a child following an investigation by Scarborough CID.

The girl told police that Neasham, from Whitby, threatened to hurt her if she told anyone what he’d done, however he denied everything when detectives interviewed him and pleaded not guilty when the case reached court