Man jailed for more than 10 years for committing sexual offences against two teenage girls

A man has been jailed for 10 years and six months after he pleaded guilty to a series of sexual offences against two teenaged girls.

Tobias Yates was sentenced at Derby Crown Court today (Friday 6 December) after admitting 14 crimes against two victims, spanning a six-year-period between 2013 and 2019.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a girl aged between 13 and 15, eight counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17 when he was abusing a position of trust, abusing a position of trust – causing or inciting sexual activity with a girl aged 13-17 and two counts of making an indecent image of a child.

Eight of the charges relate to one girl while five of the charges relate to a second.

The 31-year-old, of Merevale Way, Stenson Fields, also admitted possessing extreme pornographic images and as well as the jail term was also handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and must sign the sex offenders register for life.