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Twenty year old Northamptonshire man jailed for historical sex offences

Matthew Barfoot who has been jailed for historical sex offences

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in prison for historical rape offences.

Matthew Barfoot, previously of Ironwood Avenue in Desborough, Kettering, was convicted of raping a seven-year-old girl on a number of occasions when he was 12-years-old.

Barfoot, was found guilty of seven out of 11 counts. He was sentenced to four years in prison, barred from working with children for life and will remain on the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely.

DC Brian Gape, who led the investigation, said:

It took tremendous bravery for this girl to come forward after over five years to tell us what had happened to her when she was seven-years-old.

No matter how historic the original offences are, Northamptonshire Police will always take them extremely seriously and investigate them fully.”

– DC Brian Gape, Northants Police