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| Bicester sex assaults burglar Ashley Blossom jailed | Bicester sex assaults burglar Ashley Blossom jailed |
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| A burglar who sexually assaulted a woman and a girl as they slept has been jailed for two years. | A burglar who sexually assaulted a woman and a girl as they slept has been jailed for two years. |
| Ashley Blossom carried out the assaults during raids on two houses on the Southwold estate in Bicester in April. | Ashley Blossom carried out the assaults during raids on two houses on the Southwold estate in Bicester in April. |
| Oxford Crown Court heard he touched the breasts of his victims, aged 16 and 55, over their clothes and stole items worth more than £600, including a laptop. | Oxford Crown Court heard he touched the breasts of his victims, aged 16 and 55, over their clothes and stole items worth more than £600, including a laptop. |
| Blossom, 27, admitted two counts of burglary and sexual assault in June. | Blossom, 27, admitted two counts of burglary and sexual assault in June. |
| 'Can't explain crimes' | 'Can't explain crimes' |
| The court heard Blossom. of Lime Crescent, Bicester, had been drinking heavily in the hours leading up to the burglaries in the early hours of 6 April. | The court heard Blossom. of Lime Crescent, Bicester, had been drinking heavily in the hours leading up to the burglaries in the early hours of 6 April. |
| A letter written by him was read out in court, in which he pleaded for forgiveness for crimes that he "could not explain" and which he claimed were "out of character". | A letter written by him was read out in court, in which he pleaded for forgiveness for crimes that he "could not explain" and which he claimed were "out of character". |
| He was arrested after his housemate at the time, Bethany Green, tried to sell a number of the stolen items at a branch of Cash Converters, the court was told. | He was arrested after his housemate at the time, Bethany Green, tried to sell a number of the stolen items at a branch of Cash Converters, the court was told. |
| Green, 21, of no fixed address, admitted receiving stolen goods. | Green, 21, of no fixed address, admitted receiving stolen goods. |
| She was sentenced on 24 July at the same court to a 12-month community order with supervision and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge. | She was sentenced on 24 July at the same court to a 12-month community order with supervision and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge. |
| Blossom, who was ordered to sign the sexual offenders register for 10 years and pay a £100 victim surcharge, has already served the equivalent of eight months on remand, which will count towards his sentence. | |
| He is expected to serve the last six months on licence. | He is expected to serve the last six months on licence. |