US paedophile who flew to Wales to ‘marry’ schoolgirl jailed

American paedophile Jacob Ewing, who flew to Wales to ‘marry’ a teenage girl he had groomed online, has been jailed for more than seven years (Gwent Police/PA)

A 44-year-old American man who flew to Wales to “marry” a teenage girl he had groomed online has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Jacob Ewing, 44, of Wildcat Pound Road, Hubert, North Carolina, forced a young girl from the Gwent area of Wales to perform “degrading” acts on herself and watch him masturbate online.