Leon Baptiste: Other British athletes convicted in connection with coach's sex assault of minor in Morocco

Leon Baptiste, a UK Athletics coach and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the 200m, was convicted in Morocco for the sexual assault of a minor and sentenced to 10 months, later reduced to eight on appeal. BBC Sport reports that three other former British athletes were also found guilty in connection with the same investigation after a girl contacted police claiming she had been brought to a villa near Marrakech and assaulted. Court rulings referenced by BBC Sport show that Will Sharman, Richard Sharman, and Lamin Deen were convicted of participating in the enticement of a minor, along with Ashley O’Leary Jones and David Tuck. The five men say they had not been arrested and learned of their convictions only after BBC Sport informed them. Records indicate they previously received suspended sentences and fines, and were acquitted of a separate prostitution-incitement charge.