Cardiff Man Jailed 23 Months for Assaulting Two Young Girls

A 32-year-old Cardiff man has been sentenced to 23 months in prison after admitting to sexually assaulting two young girls within two days of each other last October.

Alex Dale, from Adamsdown, targeted his first victim – a 15-year-old girl in school uniform – whilst she travelled on a bus in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, on 23 October at 20:30. Newport Crown Court heard that Dale sat next to the teenager, claiming he needed help with his phone. When she refused, he forced her to lean against the window before showing her a text message offering her £20 to take part in a sex act with him under his coat, ending with “don’t tell anyone”. The frightened girl ran to the front of the bus and told the driver, who threw Dale off.

Two days later, Dale approached an 11-year-old girl walking her dog near a golf club in north Cardiff during the early evening. He asked for directions to a local shop before telling the child there was something on her neck, then kissed her on the lips. The court heard he held her as she struggled to get away, then pushed her to the ground.

Both victims have been deeply affected by their ordeals. The 11-year-old’s mother told the court her daughter “has been left anxious and distressed, and was worried about going out in public and meeting people. Her confidence has been dented and the experience has had a negative impact on her schoolwork.”

The 15-year-old told the court in a statement that she “felt nervous, scared and vulnerable.”

Dale showed no emotion as Judge Carl Harris sentenced him to 16 months for inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and seven months for sexually assaulting the 11-year-old, with sentences running consecutively. Having already served 10 months on remand, Dale will be released in approximately one month.

The judge imposed a 10-year restriction barring Dale from any unauthorised and unsupervised contact with children under 18, telling him the restriction was “necessary to protect the public from harm.”