Towersey sex offender ‘has been punished enough’ says Judge Hall

A Towersey man convicted of two sexual offences against an eight year-old boy, was told by the sentencing judge that he “had been punished enough.”

In passing sentence on Nicholas Graves, Judge Julian Hall said: “I understand that the reaction might be: “lock him up and throw away the key,” but the likelihood of you offending again according to the Probation report, is very, very low and I have to consider what can be done to lessen that risk. Your references are the most glowing ever received. You have been punished already by personal catastrophy, and face an uncertain future.” (Grave’s defending counsel described how he had lost his