‘Sex Education’ Actor Alexander Westwood Jailed For 15 Years After Sexually Abusing Teenagers

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Alexander Westwood, a British actor who appeared in multiple episodes of hit Netflix series Sex Education, has been jailed after being found guilty of 26 sex offenses.

Westwood was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison after raping a 16-year-old and sexually abusing another teenager who came to him for acting lessons.

BBC News reported that Westwood smirked in the dock as the details of his crimes were read out at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Judge Neil Chawla said Westwood had used his status and credits on shows, including BBC series Doctors, to prey on impressionable teenagers. “This was a campaign of sexual offending, lasting just over a decade with devastating consequences,” the judge said, per The Independent. “You used your minor celebrity status as an act to prey on impressionable and naive young girls under the guise of acting lessons.” He added: “You have failed to show any remorse and you have shown little or no insight into the impact of your offending had on your victims.