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Former Gogglebox star Andrew Bennett jailed for sex attack on teenage boy

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Former Gogglebox star Andrew Bennett has been jailed for a sex attack on a teenage boy.The 47-year-old subjected the teenager to an attack after cornering him at a house.He was left "in tears" and suffering flashbacks, the Mirror reports.Bennett, who featured in the 12th series of Gogglebox, had taken 'selfies' with the victim before cornering him on a sofa and shoving his hands down his pants, giving him a hickey, and even attempting to lure him into a bedroom for a sex act.The Sunderland native denied all charges at first and blamed his behaviour on 'slimming drugs'.He later admitted one charge of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two of sexual activity with a child after DNA connected him to the teenage boy.Judge Tim Gittins has sentenced him to 29 months in prison, with Bennett now having to sign the sex offenders registers as well as abide by a sexual harm prevention order for a decade.Judge Gittins told the sex offender: "You sought to blame slimming drugs for your behaviour.

I acknowledge this was an aberration in your behaviour, it was unplanned and only occurred because you were intoxicated."The prosecutor, Glenn Gatland, told the court that the former Gogglebox star was drinking and asked the boy if he and his girlfriend had had sex before putting his hands down his pants."He started saying he was gay and was asking (the complainant) if he was gay," Gatland explained. "The complainant said he was not gay."The defendant started to put his hands down his pants again then told him to turn away from him and started kissing him on the back of his neck and gave him a lovebite."The court heard Bennett then told the victim "if he was straight he would tell him he didn't want him touching his

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