First picture of Walsall man who won an award before being jailed for sex offences

Kenneth Bond, aged 56 of Sycamore Road, was awarded the Royal Human Society Testimonial last year after persuading a woman who was standing in the road brandishing an eight-inch knife to give the weapon up.

At the time of the award he was working as a driver for the mayor of Birmingham.

But at Wolverhampton Crown Court last week he was jailed after admitting 14 offences including sexual assault, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.

Some of the offences dated back to 2011, with the most recent taking place on June 14 of this year.

Bond was jailed for nine-and-a-half years.