Jayden McCarthy, age 18, was described as a ‘dangerous sexual offender who poses a risk to the public’ by a judge at Exeter Crown Court, according to local reports.
The teenager was found guilty of one charge of rape and 13 of sexual assault while working at a privately-run nursery in Torquay, Devon in 2019 by a jury in May.
He was also found guilty of two counts of raping a boy in a separate incident in 2014.
Mr McCarthy will now serve 11 years and six months in prison with an extended licence of three years.
The teenager was taken on as an apprentice at the nursery in March 2019.
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