Convicted sex offender jailed for assault at Norwich birthday party

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 20 Oct, 12:02 · Archive

A man with previous convictions for child sex offences has been sentenced to six years for sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a birthday party in Norwich in July 2023.

Kieran Bunday, 38, from Southampton, Hampshire, was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on Monday to an extended six-year prison term for sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a birthday party in Norwich in July 2023. The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was sitting in the lounge playing with his phone when Bunday approached him.

According to the prosecution, Bunday, who was 'fairly drunk', sat next to the victim and began rubbing his legs over his trousers, touching his thighs, groin and penis. When the victim asked him to stop, the assault continued for three to four minutes. Other people then entered the room, and Bunday ceased his behaviour and acted as if nothing had happened.

Bunday had previously been convicted in 2012 of two counts of rape of a child and gross indecency with a child. Judge Andrew Shaw described him as a 'dangerous offender' who represented a 'high risk to children of serious harm by committing further sexual offences'. The sentence imposed comprises three years and four months in custody followed by two years and eight months on licence.

In an impact statement read to the court, the victim said the assault had left him a 'shell of who I used to be', describing how it made him feel 'disgusted', 'dirty' and 'horrible about myself'.

How it is being reported

• Man sexually assaulted boy while he was a guest at a birthday partyA convicted sex offender assaulted a boy while attending a birthday party in Norwich, a court has heard.Norwich Evening News · 20 Oct, 11:25
• Man sexually assaulted boy while he was a guest at a birthday partyA convicted sex offender assaulted a boy while attending a birthday party in Norwich, a court has heard.Eastern Daily Press · 20 Oct, 11:25

In this story: Kieran Bunday · Norwich Crown Court · Norwich · Southampton · Hampshire

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