Ex-school health officer sentenced to 3 years for sexually assaulting 9 teenage girls over 8 years.

Neil Clarke Beckett, a former school health officer and Army Cadet leader, has been sentenced to three years in prison, including 18 months in jail, for sexually assaulting nine teenage girls between 2015 and 2023. Beckett, 44, was found guilty of grooming and sexually abusing seven Lagan College pupils and two Army Cadets while in a position of authority. He was acquitted of rape but convicted of grooming an Army Cadet. Beckett will also be on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely and is subject to a five-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

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