{"id":226271,"date":"2025-06-30T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226271\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T09:26:10","slug":"sex-attacker-faces-justice-after-40-years-as-victim-bravely-comes-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226271\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex attacker faces justice after 40 years as victim bravely comes forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Conway, 79, was jailed after an investigation into abuse against a girl in the 1970s and 1980s in the West MidlandsJohn Conway(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n

A sex attacker has been jailed for historical abuse after a brave victim came forward four decades on.<\/p>\n

John Conway, 79, was sentenced after an investigation into abuse against a girl in the 1970s and 1980s in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n

Conway repeatedly sexually abused and raped the girl, who was known to him, on several occasions between 1978 and 1985, West Midlands Police said.<\/p>\n

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The girl, now an adult, came forward and told officers her story.<\/p>\n

Following an investigation, Conway was interviewed in 2020.<\/p>\n

In interview, Conway denied the offences, which happened in the Boxhall and Moorfields areas of Coventry.<\/p>\n

But Conway, who had previous convictions stretching back to the 1970s for burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, was charged with rape and indecent assault in 2021.<\/p>\n

Conway was sentenced to 17 years in prison following a trial at Warwick Crown Court.<\/p>\n

He will also be on the sex-offenders register for life.<\/p>\n

Across the West Midlands, police have dedicated teams of officers investigating rape and serious sexual assault.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter how long ago the offences took place, officers will always investigate any reports they receive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information, visit How to report rape, sexual assault or other sexual offences | West Midlands Police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Conway, 79, was jailed after an investigation into abuse against a girl in the 1970s and 1980s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-226271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114771603292464198","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}