A woman has been convicted after being found guilty of sexual assaults in Crawley and a number of other Sussex areas.
58 year old Sally Ann Dixon was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court after being convicted of 30 indecent assaults against her victims.
All of the assault victims were underage children between 26 and 33 years.
Dixon abused seven children in Crawley, Bexhill and Icklesham.
The victims have seen justice done after their abuser was jailed for 20 years on Thursday, September 8.
The five girls and two boys, who were aged between six and 15 in the seven-year period from 1989 to 1996
The sex offender was given an 18-year custodial sentence, with an additional two years to be served on extended licence.
A Judge ordered at least two thirds of this sentence must be served in custody.
Along with the prison sentence Dixon will also be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely.
Dixon was also found not guilty of four indecent assaults.
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