Festival steward jailed after having sex with 15-year-old girl

Alex Stokes appeared before Ipswich Crown Court where he was sentenced to 42 months in prison.

He was also made subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Stokes, formerly of Burns Road in Wellingborough, had been found guilty on 23 May following a 10-day trial of the offence of having penetrative sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.

The offence occurred at the 2022 Latitude Festival in Henham Park.

The victim and her friend had encountered Stokes at around 11pm........

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