Milton Keynes Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Sex Offences Against Children

A man from Milton Keynes has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of multiple sex offences against children. Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, Michael Lines, 41, formerly of Oxley Park, was convicted by a jury of two counts of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one count of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust.

The offences occurred between 2010 and 2015 against victims who were aged between 14 and 18 years old. Mr. Lines was charged in December 2016 and convicted on July 19, 2017. He was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court on June 25th, 2017.

In addition to his prison sentence, Mr. Lines was ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely and was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) indefinitely. In a separate trial at Aylesbury Crown Court, which concluded in April, Mr. Lines was acquitted of two further offences of sexual activity with a child.

Detective Constable Tonya Livingston, of the Child Abuse Investigation Unit at Bletchley police station, said: "Lines, having wreaked emotional havoc on the children involved in these offences, continued to deny any wrongdoing on his part. His selfishness caused one child witness to have to give evidence three times and another to wait nearly a year to see justice administered in the sentencing on Monday. The sentence set by the judge reflects the severity of Lines' offending and the callousness of his actions throughout his offending and trials."