RICHARD Thorne has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for raping a boy aged nine.The now 33-year-old Thorne, of Greenways, Lydney, committed the offence aged 17 in the Forest of Dean town in the late 90s.Thorne appeared at Gloucester Crown Court, as the jury found him guilty of six offences of indecency with a child and one of rape.The court heard how Thorne used to watch pornography in the presence of the child in the first instance, but then began to perform sexual acts in front of him.It...
