A 67-year-old man has been jailed after subjecting a girl to repeated sexual abuse.

Steve Adams, of Marine Parade, Sheerness, first abused the teenager in 2019 and continued for a year, when she reported it.

Adams denied the sexual assaults but a jury at Maidstone Crown Court found him guilty and on August 29 he was jailed for 13 years.

Investigating officer Det Con Gemma Willis said: “Adams took advantage of a young woman for his own sexual gratification.

“His prison sentence means he can no longer harm anyone else and I hope that brings some comfort to the victim.”

After the trial, Adams’ victim told KentOnline the abuse had ruined the last few years of her life, adding: “No sentence will ever be enough but if I’ve stopped him doing it to someone else, then that’s all that matters.”