Phillip Schofield's brother Timothy found guilty of sexually abusing teenage boy
03.04.2023 - 16:25
/ ok.co.uk
The brother of This Morning star Phillip Schofield has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy over a period of three years.Timothy Schofield, 54, was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019. A jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty of all counts with a majority of 10-2 after more than five-and-a-half hours of deliberation.
He denied the charges but was convicted of three counts of causing a child to watch sexual activity, three of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, three of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two of sexual activity with a child. Schofield, a civilian police worker from Bath, told the jury he had watched pornography with the boy, who he claimed was aged over 16 at that time, and they had masturbated while sat apart, but denied performing sexual acts on the teenager.
He has been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on May 19. Closing the case for the prosecution, prosecutor Robin Shellard said: "We are not dealing with morals but criminal abuse against a child." He continued: "There are good reasons why society - and we here are all part of this society and the law which is founded because of society - treats those under 18 and those under 16 not as full adults.
"Society tries to protect children from adults who want to abuse them and tries to protect children from themselves." Referring to the defendant's claims of 'exaggeration', Mr Shellard said: "The problem for Mr Schofield is how restrained the boy is in his allegations. "Is that person motivated by hate and spite or is he saying things about what happened? We say the evidence shows the boy is not motivated by hate and lies."
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