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flag Brett Whittaker, a repeat offender, sentenced to 18 months for assaulting a hotel worker, banned from paid stays without police notice.

flag Brett Whittaker, a 44-year-old labourer with a history of sexual offenses, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years after being convicted of four separate sexual assaults on a hotel employee in North Yorkshire. flag The attack occurred when Whittaker, staying at the hotel, trapped the employee in a room during a complaint about room temperature. flag Overwhelming evidence, including DNA from a kiss, led to a unanimous jury verdict in under two hours. flag A 10-year sexual harm prevention order bans him from staying in any paid accommodation without notifying police 48 hours in advance. flag The victim suffered lasting trauma and required medical and psychological care. flag Whittaker, who had prior convictions for sexual assault and attempting to expose a child to sexual material, claimed alcohol influenced the incident, but the court emphasized his pattern of assaulting both males and females. flag He had been on remand for two months.

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