A MAN has been jailed for more than five years for sexual activity with a teenage girl and refusing to provide a log-in information for his mobile phone.

Monday, 14 July 2025 13:26

By Haydn Lewis

Marcus Lee Noble, 26, of Thornton Road in Fulford in York was sentenced at York Crown Court on Friday (July 11).

North Yorkshire Police say it followed an investigation into the sexual abuse of an underage teenage girl when Noble was 23.

He denied the allegations throughout the investigation and put his young victim through the ordeal of a Crown Court trial.

On Friday, May 23 a jury found him guilty of three counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and one charge of failing to disclose a password or pin contrary to Section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

The defendant refused to provide the PIN code to his mobile phone device where evidence was expected to be held.

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