Southport man jailed for sex offences with a 15 year old girl

A waiter who worked at a Chinese restaurant in Southport has been jailed for having sex with a 15 year old girl.

Christopher Chan was jailed for three years at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

Judge David Aubrey, QC, pointed out that the defendant had been twice her age and she had told him that she was under the age of consent.

“You were not in a good place at the time because a long term relationship had broken down. 

“However you knew it was against the law and wrong to engage in sexual activity with your victim,” said Judge Aubrey.

“There is no doubt whatsoever your victim has been impacted to a considerable extent by the relationship that she had with you.”

In an impact statement read to Liverpool Crown Court the girl told how he had persuaded her to have sex with him. 

She said his behaviour had affected her ability to concentrate at school and she went from having very good grades to poor ones which spoilt her chances of attending Cambridge University.

She began self-harming and took an overdose and has since been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and is on medication.

“I now have trust issues with men, worrying they want take advantage of me for their own needs,” she stated.

Chan, now 34, had been found guilty of four offences of engaging in sexual activity with a child involving penetration.

Arthur Gibson, defending, pointed out that the offences took place with a two week period when the girl was three months short of her 16th birthday.

He said the offences happened after the break down of a very serious relationship. He suffers from agoraphobia and depression and it was his continual demands on her that led to her leaving him.

Judge Aubrey ordered Chan, of Manchester Road, Southport, to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life.