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Derek Ashton
14 years in jail for ‘vile’ child abuser
Report by Alex Scapens11/ 6/2008
A PERVERT labelled a ‘vile child abuser’ has been jailed for 14 years after he was convicted of child rape.
Derek Ashton, aged 59, of Foliage Crescent, Brinnington, abused two victims almost 20 years apart, when they were both under 16, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
Ashton pleaded guilty to indecent assault and indecency with a child but was also convicted of two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault on a child.
Judge Andrew Lowcock told him: "You have robbed your victims of their childhood. This appaling conduct towards your victims defies belief. The sexual assaults include sexual touching, oral intercourse and the use of a vibrator.The description given by a witness of the first occasion is one that will not be forgotten by anyone who heard it," Judge Lowcock told Ashton.
"Twenty years after that abuse ended you started again. This abuse started with you touching her breasts, but it is clear you had in mind more than that.The verdicts show you are not only a vile abuser of children but a vile bully."
Ashton will be put on the sex offenders register for life and is banned from working with children or being alone with anyone under 16.
Defending Ashton, Paul McDonald said: "It was an unusual case in that the jury heard details which were never disputed by the defendant. These are serious offences and the far reaching effect this has had on his victims is conceded.The defendant has never sought to blame anyone else but himself. At this time of life the deprivation of his liberty will have a significant impact on him.His greatest fear is that he will never see the light of day again and will die in prison."
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