AN EVIL STEPFATHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED HIS STEPDAU

AN EVIL STEPFATHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED HIS STEPDAUGHTER
FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS ON
TUESDAY.

THE 48 YEAR OLD LEWISHAM MAN MADE “NOCTURNAL VISITS TO
THE GIRL’S BEDROOM ” AND THE EMBARRASSED VICTIM PRETENDED TO BE
ASLEEP WHILE HE FONDLED HER CHEST AND PRIVATE PARTS.

THE GIRL, WHO WAS 13 WHEN THE ASSAULTS BEGAN, FINALLY
COMPLAINED TO CATFORD SOCIAL SERVICES AFTER RUNNING AWAY,
INNER LONDON CROWN COURT HEARD.

SENTENCE ON THE MAN, WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR SAMPLE
OFFENCES OF INDECENT ASSAULT BETWEEN JUNE 1983 AND JANUARY 1986,
WAS DEFERRED ON MAY 13 THIS YEAR WHILE MEDICAL AND PROBATION
REPORTS WERE PREPARED.

SENTENCING THE MAN JUDGE IAN MCLEAN SAID :”THESE WERE
VERY SERIOUS OFFENCES INDEED, BUT I DON’T TAKE THE VIEW IT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CHILD OR THE PUBLIC IN
GENERAL TO IMPOSE A PRISON SENTENCE”.

AT THE EARLIER HEARING THE JUDGE SAID : “THIS IS A CASE
WHICH REQUIRES HELP NOT PUNISHMENT.

”
HE ADDED: “DURING THE WHOLE OF THE PROBATION PERIOD YOU
MUST SUBMIT TO THE MEDICAL TREATMENT SPECIFIED BY THE BEXLEY
HOSPITAL.

”
THE MAN ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO POLICE THAT HE FONDLED THE
GIRL “ABOUT ONCE A WEEK” AFTER SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HIS WIFE
HAD BROKEN DOWN.

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