Child rapist convicted thanks to new police powers to support victims A DANGEROUS rapist who subjected his child victims to an unimaginable ordeal has been convicted thanks to new police powers to support vulnerable victims. Simon Chilton, 36, abused two children between 2013 and 2018. The predator, formerly of Glover Close, Clacton, was arrested after details of the offences came to light in November 2018. Specialist detectives from the Essex Police child abuse investigation team supported the victims and worked with them to get their account of the abuse. Officers were able to identify more than a dozen offences. In September 2019, he was charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by beating.
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12:48 PM May 6, 2021
Simon Chilton, 36, is facing a jail sentence after being convicted of sexual abuse of children (file photo)
A dangerous and prolific Clacton man has been found guilty of a string of sexual offences against two children.
Simon Chilton, formerly of Glover Close, was arrested in November 2018 after details of his abuse of the children over the previous five years came to light.
Specialist detectives from Essex Police s child abuse investigation team supported the victims and worked with them to get their account of what happened.
In September 2019, Chilton was charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by beating.
Child rapist convicted thanks to new police powers to support victims A DANGEROUS rapist who subjected his child victims to an unimaginable ordeal has been convicted thanks to new police powers to support vulnerable victims. Simon Chilton, 36, abused two children between 2013 and 2018. The predator, formerly of Glover Close, Clacton, was arrested after details of the offences came to light in November 2018. Specialist detectives from the Essex Police child abuse investigation team supported the victims and worked with them to get their account of the abuse. Officers were able to identify more than a dozen offences. In September 2019, he was charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by beating.
Child rapist convicted thanks to new police powers to support victims A DANGEROUS rapist who subjected his child victims to an unimaginable ordeal has been convicted thanks to new police powers to support vulnerable victims. Simon Chilton, 36, abused two children between 2013 and 2018. The predator, formerly of Glover Close, Clacton, was arrested after details of the offences came to light in November 2018. Specialist detectives from the Essex Police child abuse investigation team supported the victims and worked with them to get their account of the abuse. Officers were able to identify more than a dozen offences. In September 2019, he was charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by beating.
Child rapist convicted thanks to new police powers to support victims A DANGEROUS rapist who subjected his child victims to an unimaginable ordeal has been convicted thanks to new police powers to support vulnerable victims. Simon Chilton, 36, abused two children between 2013 and 2018. The predator, formerly of Glover Close, Clacton, was arrested after details of the offences came to light in November 2018. Specialist detectives from the Essex Police child abuse investigation team supported the victims and worked with them to get their account of the abuse. Officers were able to identify more than a dozen offences. In September 2019, he was charged with eight counts of rape, four counts of sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by beating.