Sexually assaulted a child while they were asleep and bragged about.

Doncaster Man Jailed for Over a Decade for Child Sexual Assault

A Doncaster man who sexually assaulted a child while they were asleep and bragged about it in texts to another convicted paedophile has been jailed for over a decade.

Ryan Madine, 24, subjected his victim to multiple sexual attacks which he filmed and sent to James Mitchell, 31, who has also been sentenced to prison after admitting child sexual offences.

Mitchell encouraged Madine to commit the offences and both shared child abuse images with each other.

Madine was charged in April 2023 following an 18-month investigation by officers from Doncaster's Protecting Vulnerable People (PVP) Team, who worked closely with the Digital Forensics Unit and colleagues at Nottinghamshire Police.

The investigation revealed video messages of Madine sexually assaulting and performing oral sex on a vulnerable young child. Officers also found over 700 indecent images of children on a digital device.

Madine initially denied having any sexual interest in children but later pleaded guilty to an array of offences, including assaulting a child under 13 by penetration, sexually assaulting a child, voyeurism and sexual communication with a child. He also admitted five counts of making indecent photographs of a child and two counts of distributing indecent photographs of a child.

Both Madine and Mitchell were sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on February 2nd, with both of them jailed for 11-and-a-half years. Both will be on the Sex Offenders' Register for life and there is a restraining order in place for life.