Oxford Crown Court Sentencing Results

Thomas Lawrie committed offences against a 13-year-old girl from December 2020 to June 2022. He sent her sex toys and forced her to use them on camera, made her watch him perform sexual acts, and got her to send him indecent images. The victim's mother discovered the sex toys and the sexual communication. Lawrie claimed the victim said she was 18. Indecent images were found on his devices, including 64 category A, 70 category B, and 244 category C images.

Bernard Cowley, 37, from Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, carried out vicious assaults on the same woman on three separate occasions at a property in Sutton Courtney. The attacks happened on 4 November 2017, 10 May 2018, and 3 November 2018. The victim suffered cuts, a black eye, a broken nose, bruising across her body, and marks around her throat. She needed hospital treatment but has since been discharged. Cowley was arrested on 11 November 2018 and charged 11 days later.

Danny Rayson, 28, from Pine Close, Garsington, failed to stop for police on Purslane Drive on 8 August 2018, then drove at high speed across pavements and recreational grounds, went the wrong way around traffic bollards, making the pursuit too dangerous to continue. He was arrested on 12 April following investigation and later pleaded guilty at Oxford Crown Court.

Demitre Clarke-Oliver, 24, from Reading, punched PC Raymond Tse in the jaw on 1 October 2016 in Oxford while the officer was attempting to detain his friend on Hythe Bridge Street after a public call for help. The blow fractured PC Tse’s jaw in two places, requiring surgery to insert plates and eight pins. Clarke-Oliver tried to flee but was immediately arrested. He admitted the offence at Oxford Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court.

Liam Morris attacked Kailum Day on March 1, after Day witnessed Morris shouting at people from his window, accusing them of being drug dealers. Morris came out with an extendable baton, attempted to hit Day, but Day disarmed him. Morris then punched Day in the jaw, and later retrieved the baton and struck Day in the head. Morris also attacked neighbour Gary Buckel on July 23 in Wallingford town centre, punching him in the face several times during a long-running dispute.

Linus Rickett committed offences between February 2017 and October 2018 involving ten boys aged 9 to 13. He pretended to be a young girl online and secretly filmed boys at urinals. The offending included six counts of inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sexual activity, one further count of inciting a boy under 13, three counts of voyeurism, and making indecent images of children comprising 106 category A, 514 category B and 3,181 category C images.

Mayowa Joshua drove a Mercedes belonging to his female passenger on the M40 between junctions 11 for Banbury and 10 for Ardley. He hit the central reservation in a single vehicle crash, causing the car to roll multiple times before stopping. No other vehicles were involved and neither occupant was injured. He initially lied to police claiming the passenger was driving, but admitted he was after being warned of the implications. He had committed similar offences of driving without insurance and licence in the same car three weeks prior.

Michael Brits entered a room where a woman in her sixties was sitting, called her 'evil' and said he needed to 'get rid' of her, before repeatedly stabbing her with a knife. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds, including injuries to her abdomen and thigh, and defensive injuries to her hands while trying to protect herself. She fled to a neighbouring property for help. Brits then approached a second woman and appeared to lunge towards her while still holding the weapon. He later returned to the address and dropped the knife before officers attended and arrested him.