Timothy Schofield, 54, was convicted of 11 sexual offences
Timothy Schofield – the brother of TV star Phillip Schofield – has been jailed at Bristol Crown Court for 12 years after being convicted of 11 sexual offences involving a child.Schofield, a civilian police worker from Bath, Somerset, told the jury while giving evidence that he had watched pornography with the boy who he insisted was over the age of 16 at the time.
However, the jury found Schofield guilty on all counts with a majority of 10-2 after more than five-and-a-half hours of deliberation. During the trial, jurors heard how Schofield told his elder brother Phillip in September 2021 that he and the complainant had watched pornography together. “If any crime had ever been confessed to me by my brother, I would have acted immediately to protect the victim and their family.
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