Overview
- Woolwich Crown Court sentenced Dominic Boultwood, 28, to 13 years in prison with a further eight years on extended licence.
- The court imposed indefinite sex offender notification, a renewed Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and a lifelong restraining order to protect the victim.
- Police say he lured the child to Bourne Valley Nature Reserve in Colchester on May 9, 2024, assaulted her, and told her not to report him.
- Essex Police arrested him on May 15 after DNA recovered from the victim’s clothing linked him to the offence.
- A jury at Ipswich Crown Court convicted him of sexual assault, assault by penetration, and making indecent images of children, and he previously had a 2015 sexual‑assault conviction.