Phillip Schofield’s brother jailed for sexually abusing teenage boy

Timothy Schofield, 54, sentenced to 12 years for offences committed while a civilian police worker

The brother of the television presenter Phillip Schofield has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of sexually abusing a teenage boy over a three-year period.

Timothy Schofield, 54, who was a civilian police worker with the Avon and Somerset force at the time of the abuse, was found guilty of 11 sexual offences involving a child.