Simeon Osen
The family and friends of a girl who was sexually abused
have spoken of their disbelief and disgust that the paedophile who abused her
has walked free from court.
Simeon Osen, 52, from Chigwell in Essex, pleaded guilty to
four counts of sexual activity with the girl, as well as three counts of making
indecent photographs of a child and two counts of possession of extreme pornography.
He was sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence at
Harrow Crown Court, north London, this week.
The girl and her family, cannot be identified for legal
reasons.
Osen, a former company director, received credit in
sentencing for admitting to the abuse when confronted about it and pleading
guilty.
The sentence requires him to wear a tag and abide by a
curfew. He is also on the sex offenders register.
The victim’s aunt attacked the decision not to send Osen to
prison.
“What kind of example does that set and what does that say
to my niece who’s been to hell and back?” She said her niece, who still has
flashbacks, is “distraught”.
Osen was formerly the chief executive of concrete company
Ronacrete, which is still run by his family, and he is a key supporter of
Chabad Lubavitch in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
The victim’s aunt said: “This is a man who goes to synagogue
every week, his parents donated most of the money for Chigwell and Hainault
Shul.”
A friend of his family, who did not wish to be named, said:
“It’s disgusting — he should have been given a custodial sentence. He’s been
deceiving people, he’s evil.”
The day after the sentencing, another convicted paedophile,
Neil Wilson, who had pleaded guilty to similar charges to Osen, had his
sentence changed by the Attorney General from a suspended sentence to a
two-year jail sentence.
The victim’s aunt said: “The change in Neil Wilson’s
sentence has given us hope. We’re going to look into the process that was used
in his case to see if anything can be done.”
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