Sex attacker locked up for assaults on teenage girls

1:29pm Monday 23rd July 2012 in Basildon By Gina Marden

A MAN has been jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty of sexual assaulting two teenage girls.

Following a trial at Basildon Crown Court, Phillip Helps, 59, of Swanstead, Vange, was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault on a female between August 14 and August 31, 2011 in Basildon.

The offences took place in Vange and Pitsea in August last year.

He was jailed for two and a half years.

Comments (8)

1:44pm Mon 23 Jul 12

AndyBSG says...

So he get's two and a half years in a cushy low grade prison while the two girls(possibly there are even more who have not come forward), have the rest of their lives blighted by what this animal did to them...That's what 'justice' amounts to in this modern society of ours.
So he get's two and a half years in a cushy low grade prison while the two girls(possibly there are even more who have not come forward), have the rest of their lives blighted by what this animal did to them...That's what 'justice' amounts to in this modern society of ours. AndyBSG

3:03pm Mon 23 Jul 12

richcarol says...

Life would and should be the sentence for sexual assault. He be out on tag next Christmas. Nice judge !
Life would and should be the sentence for sexual assault. He be out on tag next Christmas. Nice judge ! richcarol

3:09pm Mon 23 Jul 12

howironic says...

I'd like to think he'll get what he deserves inside, but he'll probably end up with additional protection at the cost of the tax payer.
I'd like to think he'll get what he deserves inside, but he'll probably end up with additional protection at the cost of the tax payer. howironic

2:27am Tue 24 Jul 12

markymark1981 says...

if it was my daughter i'd find him and chop his penis off and feed it to my dog... id quite happily sit in jail for the short term knowing that justice had been served.
if it was my daughter i'd find him and chop his penis off and feed it to my dog... id quite happily sit in jail for the short term knowing that justice had been served. markymark1981

1:21pm Tue 24 Jul 12

The Cater Wood Creeper says...

off with his head!
off with his head! The Cater Wood Creeper

8:39pm Wed 25 Jul 12

Mr_H says...

Is this not the guy who pinched one girl's bum and some other form of unwanted sexual contact to the other? (as reported on BBC Essex radio) I'm glad he's in prison but I don't think the comments of the justice system being crap is totally justified in this case, he got 2 and a half years for touching the girl's bum, that's enough in my book.
Is this not the guy who pinched one girl's bum and some other form of unwanted sexual contact to the other? (as reported on BBC Essex radio) I'm glad he's in prison but I don't think the comments of the justice system being crap is totally justified in this case, he got 2 and a half years for touching the girl's bum, that's enough in my book. Mr_H

12:11am Thu 26 Jul 12

Tom ic3 Southend says...

GIve him a german passport and DEPORT HIM too!!!!
GIve him a german passport and DEPORT HIM too!!!! Tom ic3 Southend

1:37pm Thu 26 Jul 12

chelseafc3 says...

We shouldn't be too quick to judge, we don't know what really happened , The papers never really say much about it.
We shouldn't be too quick to judge, we don't know what really happened , The papers never really say much about it. chelseafc3

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