‘Sex Education’ actor Alexander Westwood jailed for sex offences

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Sex Education, has been jailed for sex offences.The 24-year-old, who appeared as an unnamed student in multiple episodes of the Netflix show, was convicted of 26 crimes against children and two pupils who came to him for acting help.Westwood, who also appeared in the BBC‘s Doctors, was sentenced to 15 and a half years custody at Wolverhampton Crown Court today (February 25), with Judge Neil Chawla saying that he used his status as a minor celebrity to prey on young girls.

He was described as “manipulative and predatory” in court, with the judge adding, “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.

The jury rejected your story of blaming the victims. You are a serial sexual offender and it became part of your lifestyle.”In December, Westwood, from Albrighton, Shropshire, was found guilty of sexual offences against a young child, a boy aged between nine and 10, two teenage girls who were looking for help with acting, and a woman.Three of Westwood’s female victims supported each other in court as they read statements about the effects of his abuse.

One said that she’d had panic attacks since the abuse and had “come to despise everything to do with acting, even though it was my passion.”Other victims spoke of dealing with low self-esteem, claustrophobia and anxiety.Between November 2020 and September 2021, Westwood raped and sexually assaulted an acting student who had been taking lessons from him.