Alexander Westwood, a British actor who appeared in multiple episodes of Netflix’s Sex Education, has been sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty of 26 sex offenses, including against two students he gave acting classes to. Judge Neil Chawla handed out the sentence Tuesday, just months after Westwood, 24, in December was found guilty on all charges by a jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court after less than two days of deliberations.
During Tuesday’s sentencing, Chawla said Westwood carried out a “campaign of sexual offending” had “devastating consequences for the five victims,” the BBC reported. The judge added that Westwood displayed a “seemingly nonchalant attitude” that bordered on “arrogance.”
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