Douglas Man Jailed For Sexual Grooming
A Douglas man has been jailed for 17 months
in the
41 year old John James McCurrie appeared in court on the 28th August were he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual grooming.
The girl McCurrie had an inappropriate relationship with was aged between 14 and 15 year, he received his 17 month sentence on Friday.
This was a landmark case for the
On top of his sentence he will be on the sex offenders register for 5 years aswell.
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