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Andrew Roberts
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07-06-2020 Location:
Cheltenham Cheltenham man found guilty of raping child in shopping centre
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A man who raped a boy in Cheltenham’s Regent Arcade shopping centre did so at random, Gloucestershire police have said.
Officers said Andrew Roberts did not know the 13-year-old boy when the “rare” and “truly terrifying” attack happened in a toilet on November 24 last year.
They said there was nothing to suggest there had been any grooming or any prior or post contact. This was a stranger attack, they said.
Roberts orally raped and sexually assaulted the 13-year-old in a toilet at Regent Arcade Shopping Centre in Cheltenham on 24 November last year.
Roberts did not know the boy and there is nothing to suggest grooming or any prior or post contact. This was a stranger attack.
Roberts, 49, of Bath Road, Cheltenham, was found guilty of raping the boy after a five-day trial at Bristol Crown Court
He is due to be sentenced on June 24.
The trial at Bristol Crown Court was one of the first in the country to take place since the outbreak of Covid 19 and went ahead despite the need for social distancing and other special arrangements in court.
The victim was able to give his evidence via a video link from a location many miles away from Bristol.