Connor Behan

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Connor Behan is an English former Grand Prix motorcycle racer and Isle of Man TT rider from Newcastle-under-Lyme who competed between 2004 and 2015. In 2014, he became Irish Road Race Supertwin champion.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-08 |title=Former motorbike racer Connor Behan jailed for dangerous driving in Northwich |url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/17342054.ex-motorbike-racer-connor-behan-jailed-for-dangerous-driving/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Chester and District Standard |language=en}}

In March 2017 he was sentenced to three years imprisonment for supplying drugs in Spain, but was released after one year.{{Cite web |last=Dowling |first=Mark |date=8 January 2019 |title=Former motorbike racer Connor Behan jailed for dangerous driving in Northwich |url=https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/17342054.ex-motorbike-racer-connor-behan-jailed-dangerous-driving/ |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=Chester and District Standard |language=en}}

On 17 December 2018, Behan was arrested in Northwich for dangerous driving. He was also found in possession of cocaine and a knuckle duster when stopped.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-08 |title=Former Irish road racing champion jailed for dangerous driving |url=https://www.visordown.com/news/general/former-irish-road-racing-champion-jailed-dangerous-driving |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.visordown.com}}

On 18 December 2024, Behan was found guilty on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault of a girl under the age of 13.{{Cite web |title=Man convicted of raping a child in Northwich |url=https://www.cheshire.police.uk/news/cheshire/news/articles/2024/12/man-convicted-of-raping-a-child-in-northwich/ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=www.cheshire.police.uk |language=en-GB}}

He has been jailed for 18 years following a seven-day trial and will remain on the Sex Offenders Register for the rest of his life.