Ashford A teenager who carried out late-night attacks on women after playing violent computer games and reading pornography has been jailed indefinitely. Ryan Chinnery, 19, initially denied three sexual assault charges, but pleaded guilty to one of them during a trial at Maidstone Crown Court. Chinnery, of Ashford, Kent, also admitted a charge of assault on another woman, after he was faced with overwhelming DNA evidence.

Judge Philip Statman gave Chinnery an indeterminate sentence for public protection, recommending that he serve four years in prison before being considered for release.

The court heard that Chinnery often played the video game series Grand Theft Auto, in which players commit robbery and violence. He also indulged in alcohol and strong cannabis and had an “unhealthy interest” in pornography.

Judge Statman said: “There is a worrying mirror of conduct between that which pornography presented to you and that which you carried out.” Referring to the video games, he added: “It cannot have helped him in all the circumstances of this case.”

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