Paul Collins Jailed for Five Years for Sexual Activity with a Child

A 54-year-old man, Paul Collins, has been jailed for five years and seven months after admitting to seven counts of sexual activity with a child.

Collins, who has no fixed address, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday, March 21st. The judge also ordered him to register as a sex offender for life.

Collins approached a vulnerable teenager in the street and gained her trust. He then took advantage of her, providing drugs and sexually assaulting her on multiple occasions over several days in 2022. Officers arrested Collins for an unrelated matter at his bedsit where they found the teenage girl.

Days after Collins' conviction for the unrelated matter, the victim came forward to a police station and reported that she had been raped and assaulted by Collins.