Man Jailed For Sexual Abuse

A father who sexually abused his daughter, her friend and a third child, who has never been identified, has been jailed for fifteen years.

The abuser, whose name is being withheld for legal reasons, to protect his victims’ identities, pleaded guilty to 23 offences relating to the abuse of the girls, who are now adults, and possessing indecent images of children.

Leicester Crown Court heard Police raided the man’s home in the Market Harborough area last October, in the belief he had amassed a collection of indecent images of children.

They then discovered a camcorder tape which contained footage of young girls being sexually abused.

Detective Constable Glen Reid from Leicestershire Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team said: “In this case we uncovered a video recording of abuse on young girls, and one of those girls was the defendant’s daughter.  She was abused for four years and, unbeknown to her, friends who came to the home address were also subjected to abuse at the hands of her father.

“This has been an extremely difficult year for the victim and her family.  A lot of memories she had hidden away came to the surface.  Speaking out was in no way easy for her, at the end of the day this was her father, a person she should have been able to trust.

“This was a very complex case, we never expected to uncover what we did.  We are pleased the defendant pleaded guilty to the offences and spared the victims the ordeal of giving evidence in court.”