A man from Horsham who sexually abused a girl over many years has been jailed.

Landscape gardener, Robert Aynsley, began abusing the victim when she was 12 years old, regularly subjecting her to sexual assaults until she turned 17.

The 56-year-old, was found guilty at Lewes Crown Court in November.

Last Tuesday, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.