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⛔️⛔️⛔️LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COUNCILLOR JAILED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILD⛔️⛔️⛔️ A councillor from Gloucestershire has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. Paul Ockelton, from Innsworth, near Gloucester, denied sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 but was found guilty following a four-day trial in March. The former Liberal Democrat member who represented Innsworth on Tewkesbury Borough Council, was jailed for 18 months. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order. Ockelton carried out his assault in November 2021. He sat his victim on his lap and asked her "do you like this?" while he carried out the assault, the court was told. Ockelton denied he had touched her inappropriately, claiming he had been tickling her tummy and brushing her hair, but a jury rejected his defence. The victim’s mum told the court: “I am saddened that my daughter's wellbeing and confidence has been so badly shattered by his actions. “No-one has the right to touch my daughter and it is something that will affect her for the rest of her life. She is the most amazing and beautiful little girl.” Det Sgt Grace Craddock, of Gloucestershire Police, praised the girl’s bravery. “The child victim in this case has been unbelievably brave by letting her parents know what Ockelton had done to her,” she said. “The strength shown by her family throughout this difficult process too has been incredible, and I commend them for working with us to ensure Ockelton has been convicted and now sentenced for his offending.” Tewkesbury Borough Council’s Liberal Democrat leader Richard Stanley said it was a “shocking and disturbing case” and the authority’s thoughts are with the victim. “To be clear, Mr Ockelton withheld the fact that there were ongoing proceedings during his application process to stand as a councillor,”