BREAKING NEWS: Harborough entertainer Robin Maughan jailed for nearly 15 years over child sex offences

Harborough singer and entertainer Robin Maughan has been sentenced to 14 years and ten months in jail for a series of offences against children.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Mar 2016, 14:48 BST

Updated 31st Mar 2016, 14:51 BST

His offences included taking secret indecent videos of two boys, when they were 10 and 12.

He also admitted under-aged sex with a girl, under-aged sex with a boy and receiving and distributing indecent photographs of children.

Maughan, of Western Avenue, Market Harborough, was a popular figure in the town, and sang at the Market Harborough Christmas lights switch-on in 2014.

He was sentenced in the last few minutes at Leicester Crown Court. More to follow.

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