Former champion Newcastle boxer Scott Edwards has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in jail for having sexual intercourse with an under-aged person.
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Edwards was sentenced in Gosford District Court on Thursday, after he was found guilty last year of having sex with a young teenager.
Judge Tanya Bright handed Edwards an aggregate 10-year prison sentence for six counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14 years old, as well as one charge of using a device to record a conversation to which he was not a party.
The jail term was back-dated to March 6, 2017, and the 32-year-old was handed a non-parole period of six years and eight months.
The sentence means the earliest Edwards will be eligible for release will be November 5, 2023, according to court documents.
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It came after a jury delivered a guilty verdict last May when Edwards faced a three day trial in Newcastle District Court, which heard Edwards had sexual intercourse with a teenager on two occasions in late 2012 - though Edwards denied any sexual activity occurred.
The welterweight fighter, who operated Sapphire Boxing and Fitness in Newcastle, was arrested and charged over the crimes a few weeks before he was due to defend his NSW title in April, 2017.
