Their cases serve as a stark reminder of the devastating impact of sexual abuse on victims and the ongoing work of law enforcement and the justice system to protect communities and bring offenders to account.
If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual offence report it online via https://doitonline.lancashire.police.uk/ or call 101.
13. Shane Philbrook
Shane Philbrook, 19, of Railway Street, Nelson, raped and sexually assaulted two teenagers. He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. | Lancashire Police
14. Robert Flynn
Robert Flynn, an American citizen, was working in the UK in the 1970s when he sexually abused a teenage boy over a number of years. Flynn, 77, of Dunham Road, Maple Heights, Ohio, was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison and given a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). | Lancashire Police
15. Dylan Sherratt
Dylan Sherratt befriended and groomed a 12-year-old girl in Colne before raping her. Sherratt, 23, of Belgrave Road, Colne, was sentenced to ten years in custody, with a six year and ten month extended licence period. | Lancashire Police
16. Kevin Hardwick
Kevin Hardwick used a contraband mobile phone to send sexualised messages to a 12-year-old girl while he was a prisoner at HMP Kirkham. Hardwick, 47, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to eight years and nine months in jail and made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order. | Lancashire Police