A riding instructor and a woman who had a “so-called threesome” with an underage girl have been sentenced.

Guy Simmonds, a 37-year-old from Undy, and 26-year-old Lauren Jarvis, from Newport, were found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a child, at trial in August. They were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on 24 October; Simmonds was jailed for eight years and three months and Jarvis given a suspended sentence.

The court had heard that Simmonds and his co-defendant had, although they were aware of the victim’s age, engaged in the “threesome” at the woman’s home in January 2024.

“The jury were also read text messages between the two defendants which showed them agreeing to a ‘pact of silence’,” a spokesperson for Gwent Police said.

The officer in charge of the case, DC John-Pau

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