Man jailed for sex offences against teenage girl in Crawley

A man has been sent to prison for more than five-and-a-half years for sexual offences against a teenage girl in Crawley.
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At Lewes Crown Court on Monday September 28 Morakile Kosi, 33, unemployed, of Barn Field Terrace, Bexhill, pleaded guilty to a count of sexual activity with a young girl, said police. He was sentenced to 67 months imprisonment, will be a registered sex offender indefinitely, and was given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order severely restricting his access to girls under 16 until further court order.

A spokesman added: “Kosi pleaded not guilty to raping the girl and that charge was ordered to lay on the court file.”

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Detective Constable Helen Rainbow of the West Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said Kosi had ‘deliberately arranged a situation in which [the girl] was at his mercy, purely for his own gratification’.

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“The victim showed real strength and maturity in bringing this to the attention of the police, and I hope that this encourages others who have found themselves in a similar situation to come forward,” DC Rainbow added.

“Sussex Police will always take these matters seriously. Grooming young people is particularly heinous because it preys on their vulnerabilities – but grooming is not consent.”

Sussex Police offers information on support and advice available to victims of sexual offences on its website.

Anyone with information about sexual offending can also contact the police at any time online or by calling 101, and arrange to speak to experienced investigators.