Repeat sex offender handed more jail time

    A prolific sex offender has been handed more jail time by Bradford Crown Court.

    Stephen Masser, 68, is currently serving eight years at HMP Durham for offences committed in Scotland in the 1980s and 1990s.

    He appeared before Bradford Crown Court yesterday (23 August) to face four counts of indecent assault and one count of rape against one girl and one count of indecent assault against another.

    The offences in Bradford date back to the 1960s and 1970s.

    Masser was sentenced to 12 years, with three years extended licence, to begin immediately.

    He also received concurrent sentences of three years and nine months for five counts of indecent assault.

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