Child sex attacker claimed jury and police were hypnotised

Natalie Wolf, jailed for sexual activity with a child (Image: Northumbria Police)

A sex offender who made outrageous claims about a jury and police being hypnotised has finally been brought to justice and jailed. The defendant, identified in court as Natalie Wolf, known to the teenage victim as Ryan Haley at the time of the abuse, was found guilty of sexual activity with a child after a trial.

As 47-year-old Wolf, from Shipley Walk, Byker, Newcastle, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court , the victim detailed the traumatic impact the crime has had on her, while a judge dismissed Wolf's conspiracy theories.

In a victim impact statement she read to the court, the victim said: "I know you as Ryan Haley, a man who sexually abused me. There are few things more isolating than living in