Predator weeps as he walks free from court

A predator who assaulted a seven-year-old boy 20 years ago wept as he was spared jail. Marcus Hawkins, now 34, was only 13 when he carried out a vile act involving the boy. The judge, Ms Recorder Margia Mustafa, said the victim used to visit Hawkins, often at his grandmother’s home, as it was supposedly a ‘place of safety.’ Hawkins, of Basingstoke, Hampshire, appeared in the dock today wearing a navy jumper over a white shirt. He denied but was…