Beauty salon owner, 60, jailed for sexually assaulting bikini wax customers leaving victims feeling ‘disgusted’
A BEAUTY salon owner has been jailed for sexually assaulting bikini wax customers – leaving victims feeling “disgusted”.
Jeremy Clark, 60, ran Aylesbury Spa salon, in Aylesbury, Bucks, where he carried out a campaign of abuse on multiple women.
His crimes went unreported for years, heard the court, before three brave women came forward.
Judge Geoffrey Payne said he was convinced many more women fell victim to Clark but are yet to report it.
Clark made his victims feel “disgusted and violated” after leaving what should have been just a beauty treatment.
A jury heard how one of his victims blamed herself and wondered “what she could have done to prevent it”.
In a victim impact statement, another one of Clark’s victims said: “How dare he think that this was okay to do. I think he is sick in the head.
“It was in no way an accident.”
And another told the jury: “It’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and violated I feel.”
Appearing via video link from HMP Bullingdon, Oxfordshire, Clark was dressed in a dark grey sweater.
Defending Simon Connolly told the judge Clark might have been “utterly deluded”, adding: “He actually believed what he was doing to be acceptable.”
However, Judge Payne said: “I’m not sure I agree with that.”
Clark was convicted of three counts of sexual assault at Amersham Crown Court.
After the hearing, one of his victims said: “I want to thank the jury for believing us. I was so scared.
“As a woman you blame yourself and you doubt yourself about what happened. One of the victims said she felt stupid.
“I wanted to be able to speak. It could have been my grandchild, my daughter or a vulnerable woman.”
Clark was sentenced to seven years in jail and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for the rest of his life.