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Geoffrey Bennett

Henbury pensioner, 78, admits child sex abuse charges

A Henbury pensioner faces sentence after admitting child sexual abuse

The case of Robert Charles Hill, AKA Rev Robert Hill, of Woodgrove Road, was heard at Bristol Magistrates' Court on December 16.

The 78-year-old pleaded guilty to intimately touching a girl aged under 13 between July 1 last year and March 11.
 

Hill also admitted another charge of intimately touching a girl aged under 13 between July 1 last year and March 11.

He also admitted that, between July 1 last year and March 11, he intentionally engaged in sexual activity with a girl aged under 13.

He further admitted intimately touching a girl aged under 13 between July 1 and March 11.

The pensioner also pleaded guilty to indecent image charges between January 5 and March 11.
 

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These comprise of: taking eight Category B still images of a child; taking two Category C moving images and 48 Category C still images of a child; making nine Category A still images of a child; making 34 Category B still images of a child; making two Category C moving images of a child and 159 Category C still images.

In a further charge he admitted that, between July 1 last year and March 11, he intentionally caused or incited a girl aged under 13 to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity.

Magistrates bailed him pending sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on January 6.

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