THAMES VALLEY POLICEA man has been found guilty of raping a young girl and throwing her brother off a cliff after the boy discovered she was being abused.
Anthony Stocks tried to kill the boy near Ovingdean, close to Brighton, in September 2022.
The 54-year-old, from Goring, Oxfordshire, was found guilty of four counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and rape of a child under 13.
He was also found guilty of attempted murder.
The boy survived the 100ft (30.5m) fall but received severe injuries.
Police called his recovery “miraculous”.
The jury heard how Stocks had told the girl about his plan, and she warned her brother.
Via pre-recorded interviews, the girl said Stocks would force her to carry out sexual acts.
It made her “frightened” and “uncomfortable” and she ended up telling her brother about “all…
