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 background actor who worked on shows like "Sex Education," has been sentenced to jail for rape.

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

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

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

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

Sex Education star Alexander Westwood has been jailed for 15 years after being found guilty of 26 sex offences, including against children he preyed upon. The 'manipulative and calculating' actor, 24, could have been charged with 77 serious sexual assaults but this was reduced to 26 for ease of sentencing, according to prosecutor Andrew Wallace KC.