Simon Taplin, a former cadets leader, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for historical sexual offences against two young girls. Taplin, 64, of Springfield Close in Lavant, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on 3 June.
Taplin had been found guilty on 20 February of two counts of indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16 at the same court. He faced an additional five charges of sexual assault of a girl under the age of 16 but was found not guilty by the jury.
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