Rugby player who had s*x with girl, 14, 'around 100 times' and a "dangerous attitude to women" walks free from court

A rugby player with a 'dangerous attitude towards women' had s*xual relationships with two under age girls but walked free from court after prosecutors said his behaviour was not rape.

Tyler Deterville, 19, started having s*x with one of the girls when she was just 14 and slept with her around 100 times during an 18 month relationship.

The other girl was only 15 when she had s*x with Deterville at the home of one of her relatives.

Deterville, from Reedley, near Burnley, was charged with rape but prosecutors accepted his plea that the s*x was consensual, despite people under 16 being unable to give informed consent in the eyes of the law.

The student admitted four charges of s*xual activity with a child and common assault after his not guilty plea to rape was accepted at Preston Crown Court.

He was given an eight month sentence suspended for two years despite probation officers saying he had a 'distorted and dangerous attitude towards women' and the judge admitting he pose 'a danger to young women'.

Deterville - who played as hooker for a local junior rugby team - seduced the girls whilst under the influence of cannabis, the court heard.

Prosecuting Miss Raquel Simpson, said the first victim was 14 or 15 when she first met Deterville then 17.

She added: "They started going out together and began a s*xual relationship. At 15 she told police the relationship lasted about 18 months and said that she had full s*xual intercourse with the defendant on approximately 100 occasions.

"The offending continued after the defendant's 18 birthday. The complainants mother gave a witness statement saying her daughter lived with her and initially things seemed to go well but deteriorated and the defendant was barred from the house."

The girl was later placed in foster care and moved to supported accommodation for young people and the pair split up.

But in December 2016 Deterville turned up at the accommodation and was seen dragging the girl by the arm into her room in a row over a bank card.

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