A HUDDERSFIELD man jailed for sex abuse offences against children has won a cut in his jail sentence.

Christopher John Metcalfe, of Birkby, will now be freed within two years, after Appeal Court judges reduced his original sentence of five and a half years to four years. He will serve half the sentence.

He had admitted sex assaults on a young girl and also offences of possessing child pornography.

Full story in tomorrow's Examiner.