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A child sex abuser has been jailed for 14 years after a jury “saw through his lies”. David Spowage, from Rochester, committed offences including rape, sexual assault and taking an indecent image of a child, against a teenage girl in August 2022. He was arrested and later charged after the victim reported the crimes. The 39-year-old denied the offences but a jury at Maidstone Crown Court found him guilty at an earlier trial and on Friday, August 30 he was jailed for 14 years. Investigating officer Detective Constable Ellie Allen said: “Spowage targeted the teenager for his own sexual gratificat…

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