A FORMER baker has been jailed for five years and four months for grooming a 15-year-old girl.
David Lionel Baker, formerly of Startforth, was handed down the sentence at Newcastle Crown Court this morning (April 25).
The 43-year-old began speaking to the victim on Facebook and groomed her after gaining her trust.
A sentencing hearing earlier this month heard how Baker forced the girl into a sex act at a Newcastle hotel.
Baker was made to sign the sex offenders' register for life and will also be subject to a sexual harm prevention order for life.
His sentence will have an extended licensing period of four years.
Full report in next week's paper.
