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Rapist ex-cop, 69, who abused child to ‘fulfil sick fantasies’ dies in prison
Andy Gardner, The Sun
2 Nov 2020, 17:52
A RAPIST ex-cop who “mercilessly sexually abused a child to fulfil his sick fantasies” has died in jail.
Colin Wraight, 69, is believed to have had a heart attack in his cell at Rye Hill prison, near Rugby in Warwickshire.
He rang an emergency bell complaining of chest pains in the early hours of October 28 - and staff found him struggling to breath. Guards and paramedics performed CPR, but were unable to save Mr Wraight, who had a history of heart problems. He was pronounced dead shortly before 1.30am.
Director of HMP Rye Hill, Peter Small, said: "On 28 October 2020, a prisoner passed away at HMP Rye Hill. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time. As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has been informed and it is a matter for the coroner to determine the cause of death."
Wraight was serving 19 years after being convicted of a series of sex offences, including raping a young girl, in August 2017. She gave evidence at Canterbury Crown Court and collapsed in the dock.
The pensioner - who served with Kent Police in Whitstable, Ashford and Ramsgate - had denied the charges against him, putting the girl through the nightmare ordeal of a week-long trial.
'I AM SCREAMING'
Her heartbroken mum told the court how her daughter has suffered severe psychological harm since the vile attacks - and now regularly experiences nightmares.
In a statement read out as Wraight was sentenced, she said their lives will never be the same again, adding that she tries to stay calm but “inside my head I am screaming”.
She also said her daughter feared Wraight, of Canterbury, would come through her bedroom window, saying: “I just hold her very, very tightly.”
The jury had heard how the victim drew pictures to reveal to her mother that she had been sexually abused. She sketched part of a hand and a pair of handcuffs, later telling police that Wraight had threatened to cuff her to a bed and made a “sick video” of the abuse, which she made him delete.
When detectives raided Wraight’s then-home on the Sea View caravan park in Whitstable, Kent, they discovered sets of handcuffs, a police truncheon and a vibrator, together with other sex toys and illegal child images on his computer.
Former army warrant officer Wraight – who also worked as a security guard at the crown court - was arrested at the caravan park in May 2017 and later charged, but denied all the offences.
He told the jury that the sex toys were bought because he was into bondage with a lover but struggled with erectile dysfunction.
Following his conviction, he was jailed for 19 years and ordered to serve an extra two when he is eventually released on parole.
Judge Rupert Lowe told Wraight he had a sinister side to his character that he had kept hidden for years.
UK TV show police officer is caged after trying to groom kids online
Britta Zeltmann, Ellie Cambridge, The Sun
3 Nov 2020, 14:50
A POLICE officer who starred in a TV show was jailed yesterday after trying to groom kids online.
PC Lee Tatton was followed by camera crews for the fly-on-the-wall documentary Cops UK: Bodycam Squad as he helped rid the streets of criminals.
He was dismissed by Staffordshire Police after it was found he had tried to groom children online while working as a response officer for the force.
Tatton pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and four counts of making an indecent photograph of a child.
The disgraced cop, from Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for six months at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday.
Deputy Chief Constable Emma Barnett said afterwards: "Throughout this investigation, the priority has been the welfare, protection and wellbeing of the children involved.
"All officers and staff are held to the highest standards of behaviour and Lee Tatton abused the position of trust afforded to police officers. He is serving a custodial sentence which reflects the seriousness of his criminal behaviour and he has been dismissed as a police officer.
"He has brought shame on himself and he does not represent the vast majority of colleagues who I know will be appalled by his behaviour."
'FALLEN SHORT'
A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was made for seven years and Tatton will be required to sign the Sex Offenders Register for seven years.
Staffordshire Police Chief Constable Gareth Morgan said previously: "Officers swear an oath to serve the people of Staffordshire with fairness, integrity, diligence and impartiality - and the overwhelming majority of officers and staff are loyal to that promise.
"Lee Tatton has fallen far short of the high standards expected by the public and the force and his discreditable conduct has led to his dismissal."
Production company Raw Cut shadowed PC Tatton and his colleagues in the first series of Cops UK: Bodycam Squad in 2016, with Tatton covering the busy patch of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
The 54 year-old response officer - nicknamed Tatts – was filmed breaking up pub brawls and dealing with day-to-day policing in Stoke-on-Trent.
Convicted paedophile, 28, dubbed 'every family's worst nightmare' is jailed for life after admitting abusing 20 children including four-month-old baby while working as live-in au pair
By AMIE GORDON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 2 November 2020
A convicted paedophile has admitted abusing 20 children while working as a live-in au pair.
Aaron McWilliams abused children and babies he was employed to look after while staying in family homes across the UK and Europe.
The 28-year-old was sentenced to life for his horrific crimes, which were described by police as 'every family's worst nightmare.'
McWilliams, who is already serving time in Belmarsh Prison for child abuse, was told he will serve a minimum of nine years in jail at Woolwich Crown Court today.
That's a 'life' sentence? 9 years? The baby won't even be a teenager yet.
The predator made videos of himself sexually abusing children aged between four months and 14, and detectives now fear there may be further victims yet to come forward.
Police said McWilliams was 'manipulative, cold, calculating, and highly dangerous to children and young people.'
McWilliams was first convicted in 2016 for sexually assaulting a four-year-old child.
After serving part of his sentence, McWilliams was released and began working with a family within a matter of weeks after providing fake references.
He sexually abused another four-year-old child and was jailed again for seven years in August 2017.
During the investigation, a phone was seized and detectives found 2,472 indecent images of children plus an extensive collection of videos McWilliams had made of himself sexually abusing his young victims.
The prolific child predator was interviewed twice in 2018 about the material on his phone and made admissions about his horrific actions.
Some 24 victims, aged between four months and 14-years-old, were identified during the investigation of which all but one were boys.
McWilliams admitted a string of 40 sex crimes against children including 14 counts of inciting a boy under 13 to engage in sex, eight counts of inciting a boy under 13 to engage in other sexual activity and seven counts of sexual assault on a boy.
These also include three counts of making an indecent photo of a child, three counts of sexual assault on a child, two counts of rape of a boy under 13, attempted rape of a boy under 13, sexual assault on a girl and engaging in sexual activity with a boy under 15.
DS Adam Ghaboos, of the Met Police Central East Safeguarding team, said: 'McWilliams is a predatory paedophile who sexually abused a large number of children he was entrusted to care for. It is every family's worst nightmare. He is manipulative, cold, calculating, and highly dangerous to children and young people.
'This case is among the most serious child abuse offending that the team has seen. I would like to acknowledge the courage of the young victims and their families who have endured the horrific abuse and the long-term harm these types of crimes cause.
'McWilliams will spend a long time in jail where he cannot harm any other children.'
Not nearly long enough if he is out in 9 years. This monster should never see the light of day again.
DS Ghaboos said there may be further victims yet to come forward and asked families who have employed McWilliams in the past to come forward.
He added: 'Our enquiries have led us to a large number of McWilliams' victims, but we can't rule out the possibility that there may be more. I would urge any families who have employed McWilliams or believe that he may have had contact with their children to come forward.'
I am pleading with parents of small children - don't hire a male babysitter, au pair, or anything else where your children will be under the care of men. There have been so many stories on the blog where boys, and men have taken advantage of children in their care. The risk is very substantial.
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Pregnant woman tied up and burned alive in car ‘by married lover because she refused to abort the baby’
Alahna Kindred, The Sun
2 Nov 2020, 13:58
A PREGNANT woman was burned alive in a car by her married lover because she refused to abort the baby, it was reported.
Their charred remains were found and police believe they were alive when they were tied up, petrol was poured on the car, and the vehicle was set alight.
Family confirmed who the victims were after they recognised the car, which belonged to Ellen's mother.Four suspects have been taken in - three men, aged 19, 35 and 38, and a 36-year-old woman. The 19-year-old and the woman have confessed but the other two men have denied their involvement.
Paulo de Tars, the officer leading the case, told local media: "It was a premeditated and very cruel crime. One of the suspects even personally comforted the victim's mother after her death was confirmed."
He added: "The victim was four months pregnant by one of the suspects, who is married. His wife, who confessed, and who is also pregnant, knew."
Police are still investigating the motive behind the horrific attack.
Mr de Tarso said: "Ellen and Ely Carlos may have been in debt to a drug dealer who was also arrested.
"Another point is that Ellen refused to abort the child conceived in the extramarital relationship."
The main suspect is believed the 38-year-old man and the father of Ellen's baby. Police found out his car had travelled to the crime scene.
The man originally told police he had also been attacked and pretended to faint to avoid being burnt alive. However, he allegedly confessed later to inventing the story and self-inflicting his wounds under the effect of drugs sand he said he knew the couple.
Another suspect is believed to have involved and allegedly helped pour petrol on the victims.
The investigation is ongoing.
Alleged paedophile nurse continued working in Tasmania
as police investigated
By April McLennan, ABC Aus
Posted Nov 3, 2020, 4:41pm
James Geoffrey Griffin died just after police laid child sex abuse charges against him last year.
In announcing the release of the terms of reference for the inquiry launched in the wake of the revelations, Tasmanian Health Minister Sarah Courtney acknowledged "the Tasmanian community would be appalled by some of the allegations that have been aired" about James Geoffrey Griffin.
"I know personally, I found them very distressing," she said.
Mr Griffin, 69, worked as a registered nurse on the Spirit of Tasmania, at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre and at the Paediatric Centre at the Launceston General Hospital (LGH).
In his record of investigation, Tasmanian coroner Simon Cooper detailed events in the lead up to Mr Griffin's death by suicide in 2019.
Mr Cooper wrote in May that year, a woman made a complaint to Tasmania Police of historical sexual abuse by Mr Griffin that allegedly occurred when she was 11 and he was 58.
At a subsequent police interview, Mr Griffin "made admissions that he had met the child through a local sporting group where he acted as a masseuse," Mr Cooper said.
"He also made admissions of criminal sexual misconduct in relation to her."
While the reports of child sex abuse were investigated, Mr Griffin was able to continue his work at the Launceston General Hospital for three months until the the end of July when his Working with Vulnerable Persons accreditation was suspended.
The ANMF's Emily Shepherd says the outcome of the investigation must be that "this situation can never occur again". (ABC News: Craig Heerey)
Mr Cooper wrote that in September Mr Griffin was charged with a number of criminal offences involving repeated sexual abuse of a child.
"By October 2019, four other females had come forward and made similar historic complaints of sexual abuse ranging from the late 1980s through to 2012," Mr Cooper noted. "Police searched Mr Griffin's home and located a significant amount of child exploitation material … as well as self-generated images of a young female [acquaintance].
"Additional evidence was located of internet chat sites where Mr Griffin spoke to others and bragged of using anti-histamines to sedate the female [acquaintance] and some of her friends when they slept over, in order to sexually abuse them," the coroner said.
Mr Griffin was arrested again on October 3, 2019 and charged with additional sexual crimes.
Mr Griffin's electronic devices were seized by police and subsequent forensic analysis showed they contained indecent images of a work colleague's child, as well as indecent images of children apparently taken in his role as a paediatric nurse.
"At the time of his death, Mr Griffin had not been interviewed by police in relation to these matters," Mr Cooper said.
The coroner noted Mr Griffin's son called in to check on his father on 14 October, finding him "unresponsive". He was taken by ambulance to his former place of work, Launceston General Hospital, where he did not regain consciousness and died on October 18.
Keelie McMahon, pictured around the time of the alleged sexual abuse by James Geoffrey Griffin.
Keelie McMahon was one of five women who came forward with allegations of abuse by Mr Griffin.
She said Mr Griffin worked with her mother at the LGH and the two families became friends. "He just came across as a grandfatherly figure to everyone."
"Everybody just thought he was so nice and just this great guy, really supportive and helpful of everyone and I think that's how he managed to groom so many people," she said.
Ms McMahon, now 23, said she was 14 years old when she was first abused by Mr Griffin. She said they were having a movie night when he allegedly touched her inappropriately.
"There was a heap of us in the same room and we all started going to sleep after watching some movies and he just got a bit too close," she said. "I kind of froze, I suppose that's just a coping mechanism. Once I pulled myself together, I moved away from where he was and it stopped.
"Then the next day, it was like it had never happened, he just acted as if he'd never done it and just went about his day like nothing had happened."
Ms McMahon alleges Mr Griffin sexually abused her again, around six months later while they were on a family camping trip on the east coast of the state.
Ms McMahon said she was upset when she heard of Mr Griffin's death because she had known him for so long. "But I was also angry," she said. "It wasn't right that nobody knew what he had done," she said.
'The hospital won't be able to cover anything up'
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmanian Branch Secretary Emily Shepherd said the ANMF would make its own submission to the investigation.
"The ANMF Tasmanian Branch has a zero tolerance for any form of sexual misconduct, particularly in relation to those who are most vulnerable, including children and young people."
"We must ensure that the outcome of this investigation is that this situation can never occur again," Ms Shepherd said.
"The ANMF subsequently discovered that complaints had been made to the Tasmanian Health Service and thereafter the Tasmanian Integrity Commission."
While Ms McMahon is pleased the investigation is going forward, she said it "should have started as soon as it all started coming out, not once they'd been named and shamed as such".
"The hospital won't be able to cover anything up, they'll have to put all their cards on the table," she said.
What possible excuse can they have for keeping an alleged paedophile on staff for 3 months? Someone should be fired!
Australian chef with Sri Lankan links sentenced to jail for
sexually abusing young girls
4 November 2020
The man was reportedly born in Sri Lanka before moving to Australia.
The Daily Mail reported that the Gold Coast grandfather who paid impoverished Filipino girls as young as 14 to have sex with him and groomed others on Facebook will spend six-and-a-half years behind bars.
Rex George Harrison was nabbed by Australian Federal Police at Brisbane Airport in 2017 just as he was about to fly to the Philippines.
Harrison pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a foreign child via the internet between October 2016 and August 2017 in Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday.
He was granted bail to appear in court on Wednesday for sentencing.
On Wednesday, the court heard Harrison travelled several times between Australia and the Philippines to engage in sex with girls as young as 14.
He paid them as little as $14 and up to $43 for digital, oral and penile sex, and on one occasion asked one of his victims to ‘bring a friend with her’ next time for additional payment.
Harrison told her he wanted a girl who was not yet developed, a virgin and about 13 or 14 years old, the prosecution said.
The court heard Harrison told the girl ‘you have plenty of friends who need that money’, which the prosecution argued demonstrated the highly predatory nature of his offending.
‘There is a large power imbalance between him and the children, there is a great level of vulnerability in the children because they all come from impoverished and disadvantaged conditions,’ the prosecution said.
Police found sexually explicit images of three separate underage girls from the Philippines on his phone when he was arrested, though he initially tried to deny their existence.
In relation to one victim, Harrison told her to urinate and defecate in some of the photographs, and asked for other photos of her while she was bleeding, the court heard. The prosecution described his requests as ‘depraved’. Harrison stared at the judge without any emotion as the facts were tendered to the court.
Justice John Bond said Harrison ‘has a pattern of sexual interest in female children, particularly in taking the virginity of girls as young as 13. You’re persistent, repeated and predatory in your offending… and your victims were particularly vulnerable.’
The court heard Harrison used emotional manipulation and threats to get one victim, aged about 17, to send up to 19 nude or partially nude photographs to him over the course of six weeks.
Other photographs on his phone were images he took of a child, aged between 14 and 15, after they had sex in July of 2017.
The victim offered the court a Victim Impact Statement, where she revealed she still hadn’t told her family or live-in partner of the abuse. She said she knew it would hurt and embarrass them if they were to know the truth, and she often questions ‘why she let this happen to her’.
The convicted paedophile offered no emotion as the sentence was handed down, and was led from the court into custody.
Harrison moved to Australia with his family in his 30s on a skilled migrant visa after working internationally in five-star hotels as a chef.
He separated from his wife and family in 2006, and the breakdown of his marriage was characterised by his ‘alcoholism and bad behaviour’, by his own admission.
Following the separation, Harrison took up a fly-in-fly-out job in Papua New Guinea, and began spending his off weeks in south east Asia, the Philippines in particular.
The court heard he has maintained a good relationship with his ex wife, three children and four grandchildren. No members of his family supported him in court as the sentence was handed down.
AFP Commander Lesa Gale previously said the then-63-year-old was talking a girl aged under 16 on Facebook ‘in an attempt to engage in sexual activity with her and other children’. ‘There are offenders who seek to use the anonymity of the internet to identify and target vulnerable children,’ she said.
He originally told officers he believed his alleged victim was ’18 or 19′, despite her referring to being in school in their online conversations, the court previously heard.
Commonwealth prosecutor Sophie Harburg said the father-of-three was an Australian citizen but did not live in the country.
Former RTÉ producer accused of child abuse in three jurisdictions
Tom Tuite, Independent
November 04 2020 05:11 PM
FORMER RTÉ producer Kieran Creaven is accused of child abuse in three jurisdictions, a court has heard.
The 58-year-old has been unable to take up bail since he was charged five weeks ago with 17 offences, in Ireland and outside the State.
He was arrested at his home at Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Conditional bail in his own bond of €500 with a requirement for a €10,000 independent surety had been set on October 1.
Mr Creaven faced his third hearing when he appeared at Cloverhill District Court today. He was still in custody.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed trial on indictment and a book of evidence must be completed. Detective Garda Johanna Doyle, who is attached to the Online Child Exploitation Unit, has sent the case file to the DPP.
A State solicitor told Judge Victor Blake the book of evidence was not yet ready and a number of statements from the UK were awaited. “The offences are complex and technical, and allegedly occurred over a period of time in three different jurisdictions,” the solicitor told the court."
Judge Blake was asked to extend time for completion of the book of evidence. He noted the accused was in custody with consent to bail and, acceding to the application, he further remanded him to appear on November 18. He said every effort should be made to have the book of evidence ready.
The unemployed former broadcaster, who was dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) including a face mask and goggles, did not address the court. He consulted quietly with his barrister Sharon Rossiter whose application for legal aid to be granted to Mr Creaven was successful.
Mr Creaven's charges are:
Two counts of sexual assault of a child outside the State in 2014
Three counts of sexual exploitation of a child outside the State in 2014
Three counts of sexually exploiting a child in Ireland in 2017
Five counts of possessing of child pornography in 2017
Four counts of using IT and communication technology for the purpose of facilitating child sexual exploitation, inside and outside the State in 2017.
Some of the charges carry a possible sentence of life imprisonment. He has not yet indicated how he will plead.
At his first hearing, Detective Garda Doyle said it was alleged a search was carried out at Mr Creaven’s home in November 2017 which resulted in a discovery of pictures and videos of children. A large number of electronic devices were seized, she had said.
His solicitor had said it could be difficult for him to find someone to act as a surety. If bail is taken up, he must sign on daily at Dun Laoghaire Garda station from 9am to 9pm. He must “not use any social media platform, in particular Facebook and Skype”.
He has to surrender his passport within 48 hours of taking up bail, and notify gardaí of any change of address.
Former Devon headmaster charged with historic child sex abuse
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A former headmaster from Devon has been charged with a number of historic sexual offences against a child.
Colin Brooks, 77, from Brixham, has been charged with one count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14 years and six counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 years.
The offences are alleged to have taken place over a period of five years.
Brooks worked as a teacher and headmaster at various educational establishments within the South East of England.
Surrey Police say he is due to appear in court on 8 January 2021.
If you have any information which could help, please contact Surrey Police quoting incident/crime reference number PR/45180112868 via
Man arrested over online child sex allegation after Colchester raid
By Chad Nugent, Halstead Gazette
POLICE arrested a man of suspicion of sex offences after an early morning raid by a team investigating child abuse.
Officers from the Child Sexual Exploitation Proactive Investigation Team executed a warrant at an address in Colchester on Wednesday morning. It is part of an investigation into the grooming and sexual abuse of children in north Essex.
The team was assisted by the High Tech Crime Unit and the Operational Support Group.
A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion for a number of child sexual offences including sexual communication with a child and inciting sexual activity with a child. Computers were also seized.
The team was formed earlier this year and deals with both reactive and proactive investigations that have been referred by partners or from other teams within Essex Police. They take on both new and older referrals where conventional safeguarding tactics have been previously unsuccessful.
Detective Sgt Ben Rushmere from the team said: “We are a dedicated team of detectives whose role is to target those suspects that hold the highest risk for exploiting children and young people.
“Our objective is to take on the most complex and difficult criminal investigations involving the sexual exploitation of children.
“Offenders can be individuals or organised groups, they could be using fake profiles to groom young people online, or befriending them and giving them money or alcohol.
“We use a variety of tactics to mitigate the threat they present. This includes reactive investigations responding to referrals from victims, families, and partners as well as those identified through proactive intelligence gathering.
“We will work with our partners to ensure there are bespoke care plans for victims which mean they don’t have to speak to us if they don’t want to, but mean they are given proper support, assistance and guidance by trained professionals from the many children’s charities we work alongside in Essex.
“To offenders I’ll say this – the nature of the tactics that are open to us are extensive and whether the children you exploit feel strong enough to give evidence against you or not we will be coming after you.
“Essex Police is determined to make Essex as safe as possible for our children and if you attempt to groom or exploit them we will target you at every opportunity.”
Excellent!
If you have any information or concerns about a child being groomed or exploited, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Droitwich man and 5 Pakistani men from Redditch in court
over child sex offences
Harry Leach, Droitwich Standard
5th Nov 2020
Kidderminster Court
FIVE men from Redditch and one man from Droitwich have appeared in court charged with sexual offences against children.
It follows a West Mercia Police probe into the abuse of 10 girls in the Redditch area.
The men allegedly committed the offences between 2011 and 2017 against girls aged between 12 and 16 at the time.
The accused men from Redditch: Abdul Hussain, aged 21, Usmaan Asghar, 21, Arslan Tazarab, 24, Ethashan Tazarab, 20, Usman Ali, 27, appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
They were joined by Droitwich man Richard Jonathan Weaver, 27, who is charged with raping a teenage girl.
All were conditionally bailed to appear at Worcester Crown Court on December 1 where they will enter pleas.
Full list of charges:
Abdul Hussain, 21, of Mount Pleasant, Redditch, is charged with engaging in sexual activity in presence of a child and sexual assault on a female.
Arslan Tazarab, 24, of The Mayfields, Redditch, is charged with rape of a girl under 16, two charges of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, five counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16 and two counts of causing/inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
Ethashan Tazarab, 20, of The Mayfields, Redditch, is charged with causing/inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity and also engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with girl under 16.
Usmaan Asghar, 21, of Sillins Avenue, Redditch, is charged with sexual assault on a woman and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16.
Usman Ali, 27, of Other Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, is charged with six counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.
And Richard Jonathan Weaver, 28, of Worcester Road, Droitwich, is charged with rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15.
Five of six are Pakistani Muslims. Is anyone surprised?
Elderly UK man, former Kent Seventh Day Adventist goer
jailed after catalogue of sex abuse on child
By Paul Hooper
Published: 12:46, 04 November 2020
A former Kent (Morman ????) - who subjected a child to numerous sex assaults - has been sent to prison.
I apologize to Mormons everywhere as it appears the writer of this article and his editor don't know the difference between Seventh Day Adventists and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Sydney Rayner - now 82 years old - carried out attacks on the victim he met at meetings of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
The sexual predator told her that she had a "womanly and curvaceous" body but she was still of primary school age.
For more than three years the married paedophile subjected his victim to sex assaults - which resulted in suicide attempts as she struggled to cope with her secret abuse, Maidstone Crown Court has heard.
Rayner, who now lives in Chester, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after admitting five historic child sex offences.
His victim wept in court as details of her abuse at the hands of the man she trusted after meeting in church in Kent were read out.
Six year old!
It was also revealed that Rayner has previous child sex convictions in the 1980s, one involving a six-year-old.
In her Victim Personal Statement, read out in court, she wrote: "What this man has done to me has had unimaginable consequences. I spent years trying to convince myself it didn't happen and that I had made it all up. I am grateful, in a way, that he has confessed and that justice is being served."
She added that the psychological consequences resulted in her unable to believe she could be "loved or worth anything".
Simon Taylor, prosecuting, said the victim was interviewed by police in 2018 and told how she had been sexually abused as a child, when she spent time with Rayner, who lived near Brenchley, and his wife.
The court heard that the police were called in when a Morman solicitor (or possibly SDA) reported him - but initially Rayner refused to confess.
Defence barrister Mark le Brocq said Rayner was now suffering from a failing eyesight and needed hearing aids.
Judge Tony Baumgartner banned him from working with children in the future and ordered him to sign the Sex Offender's Register for life. Rayner remained impassive as he received his jail sentence.
But the judge praised the victim for the courage she showed in coming forward to tell about her abuse.
Speaking after sentencing, DC Deniz Aslan, said: "Rayner repeatedly abused a vulnerable child over several years and acted in a despicable way. He is a predatory paedophile and has caused intolerable suffering. Rayner has finally been brought to justice through the courage of his victim and a period in prison will ensure he can cause no further harm to other young children."
An NSPCC spokesman added: “Rayner led a horrific campaign of calculated abuse over three years and left a trail of trauma along the way.
“Thanks to the bravery of his victim in recounting her life-changing ordeals, Rayner has finally been brought to justice.
“Speaking out about child sexual abuse is incredibly difficult for survivors of this awful crime but this case shows that they will be listened to, no matter how much time has passed.”
Incredibly difficult, but so completely necessary. You cannot get past the damage done until you have spoken it out, and, at least attempted to get justice.
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