Last updated at 16:49, Monday, 06 August 2012

AN Ulverston man who has admitted a sex offence has been told that all sentencing options will be open to a court when he is dealt with next month.

Jeffrey Steven Dixon, aged 24, of Bigland Drive, Ulverston, pleaded guilty at a Preston Crown Court hearing on Friday to a charge of sexual activity with a child on August 26 last year.

The charge concerns a teenage girl aged under 16.

The defendant has no previous convictions.

His case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on him by the probation service.

Dixon has been remanded on conditional bail to September 7.

Judge Stuart Baker told him: “Any offence involving sexual activity with a person under 16 years is a serious offence and it must be treated as such.

“At this stage, so far as sentencing is concerned, the court has a range of sentencing options. One of them is imprisonment.

“All the court’s options remain open”.

Dixon was told that he would have to sign the sex offenders’ register.

First published at 16:48, Monday, 06 August 2012
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