Ledbury shop boss sentenced

But he has been put on the sex offenders register for five years; he was fined hundreds of pounds and he is subject to a rehabilitation order, lasting up to 2022

Drabble must carry out unpaid community work.

But the mother of his teenaged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said this week she was “not really happy” with the sentence.

She said: “It seems too lenient to me.”

Drabble was ordered to pay £250 compensation to the victim, and £700 Crown Prosecution costs. He must also pay a victim surcharge of £85.

The court ordered the destruction of his computer tower and mobile.

Drabble cannot possess any device for storing digital data unless it is made available on request for inspection by a police office, and he cannot delete any history of its use.

Drabble is also subject to a rehabilitation order of up to 40 days, to be completed by 2022, and he must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work, over the next year.

A restraining order has also been placed on him, of indefinite duration, and a sexual prevention order means he cannot contact any female under 16, unless it is reasonably unavoidable.

Drabble, who was sentenced at Hereford Magistrates Court on July 3, was found guilty at the same court in June.

A director of Crystal Carpets, Drabble also ran a small modelling agency and the filming was revealed when a young model found a mobile phone recording in a changing room she was using at the Ledbury shop.

At his court case last month, Sarah Hurd, prosecuting, told the court that on December 16 2017, Drabble had collected the girl from her home to go shopping for clothes before taking her to his business for a shoot.

The teenager was told to bring both a black bra and a white bra and that she would need to change her underwear to co-ordinate with the clothes she was wearing during the shoot.

But the victim became suspicious after noticing a picture of the inside of the changing room on Drabble’s computer.