Man convicted of 27 sex offences, including rape

Jake Hardstaff, a 35-year-old from Boston, has been convicted of 27 sex offences, including rape, committed against one woman and three girls. In a separate legal matter, a man from Kent was found not guilty of sex offences. He had been accused of assaulting a woman in August 2025 at Camber Sands, East Sussex, but was cleared of these charges. Both cases highlight recent judicial decisions regarding serious sexual assault allegations within the UK.