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Doncaster man pleads guilty to child abduction | Doncaster man pleads guilty to child abduction |
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A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to abducting and engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. | A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to abducting and engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. |
John Bush, of Moss Road, Askern, Doncaster, admitted taking the girl, who cannot be named, for four days in June, sparking a nationwide manhunt. | John Bush, of Moss Road, Askern, Doncaster, admitted taking the girl, who cannot be named, for four days in June, sparking a nationwide manhunt. |
He also admitted an offence of making off without payment from a hotel. | He also admitted an offence of making off without payment from a hotel. |
Bush was remanded into custody following the brief hearing at Sheffield Crown Court. He will be sentenced on 4 November. | Bush was remanded into custody following the brief hearing at Sheffield Crown Court. He will be sentenced on 4 November. |
Bush, a convicted fraudster, disappeared with the girl on 10 June. | |
She was last seen outside her school before sightings of the pair were reported in Doncaster, Leicestershire and Watford. | |
They were found near Euston station in London on 14 June. | |
Bush was given a 14-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work for fraud offences in February. | |
York Crown Court heard he had committed a range of fraud offences, including persuading garages to give him courtesy cars he never returned and using a holiday cottage without paying. | |
The judge was told Bush has a number of convictions for crimes involving dishonesty. His lawyer said he had been homeless at the time of the fraud offences. |