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Paedophile went on run for nine years after skipping trial
Western Mail
|May 09, 2025
A MAN who sexually abused a boy went on the run for nine years after failing to turn up for his trial.
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Gareth Wyn Lewis had been due to be tried for historic sex offences in 2016 but was only prosecuted - admitting his guilt - this year.
Judge His Honour Timothy Petts, who had been due to preside over the 2016 trial when Lewis didn’t attend the first day, sentenced him this week at Mold Crown Court.
He jailed Lewis, 71, of St George's Crescent, Llandudno, for a total of three and a half years for three specimen offences of inciting a boy under 14 to commit an act of gross indecency, and for absconding.
Prosecutor David Mainstone said Lewis committed the offences against the boy in his van while driving or after he pulled over.
This story is from the May 09, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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