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Repeat Sex Offender Given 21-Year Extended Sentence for Colchester Attack on 13-Year-Old

Forensic DNA alongside phone evidence secured his conviction after the nature reserve assault.

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.