Burnley paedophile jailed for 11 years and three months – Central Radio North West

A Burnley man has been jailed for over 11 years for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls. Joseph Chapman groomed the victims on Snapchat and gave them vapes before abusing them in his car. The mother of the first victim became aware of the offending in March 2023 after finding packaging for disposable vape devices in her daughter’s bedroom while cleaning. When she asked her daughter about it, she said she had been given them by an older man. She went on to tell her sister that PJ had sexually assaulted her, but she didn’t want to tell her mum because she feared getting in trouble for vaping. The sexual assault happened in Chapman’s car the previous November. The first victim managed to take down the registration number of Chapman’s car and saved it in the notes section of her iPhone. Chapman had also contacted the first victim’s friend on Snapchat and he would ask her to meet him. He also asked her to send a photograph of herself in her school uniform, but she refused. The offending against the second victim came to light in May 2023 when her mother found an entry in her diary for January 2023 which
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