Alexander Westwood, a British actor who appeared in multiple episodes of hit Netflix series Sex Education, has been jailed after being found guilty of 26 sex offenses. Westwood was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison after raping a 16-year-old and sexually abusing another teenager who came to him for acting lessons.

Alexander Westwood, a 24-year-old British actor who worked on Netflix’s “Sex Education” in the background cast, has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in jail for 26 offenses including rape and sexual assault,

Sex Education actor Alexander Westwood was found guilty of 26 sex offenses, including child sex offenses, after an eight-week trial at London's Inner Crown Court

A Sex Education actor used his “minor celebrity status” to sexually assault “impressionable” young girls, a court heard...

Alexander Westwood used his ‘minor celebrity status’ to abuse two of his five victims, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

Alexander Westwood, 24, who appeared in the Netflix comedy drama, maintained his victims were lying about the abuse but was convicted of 26 sexual offences.

Netflix star Alexander Westwood was found guilty of 26 sex offences in December, including some against children and pupils in his class

Alexander Westwood, 24, was on Tuesday sentenced to more than 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty in December of 26 offences against women and children