Man sentenced to prison for rape

    A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for raping a girl when he was a schoolboy.

    Mark Cockroft, of Norristhorpe, Liversedge, was found guilty after he admitted to three charges of indecent assault.

    Leeds Crown Court heard that Cockroft was 14-years-old at the time of the incident and the girl was six years younger.

    Judge Neil Clarkson jailed Cockroft for four years and ordered him to register as a sex offender for life.

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