CHILD RAPIST PROMISED GIRL MCDONALD'S IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX
A child molester was recorded on the dash cam of his work van asking his young victim if he could take a picture, a court heard.Ian Bailey, 56, sexually abused a pre-teen girl while taking her in his van, grooming her by promising money or meals at McDonald's in exchange for sex.
His depraved actions were uncovered after his employer reviewed footage from the van’s dash cam, during which Bailey was heard asking the girl speaking in what sounded like a child's voice if he could photograph her private parts.
On Monday, Bailey was sentenced to 19 years in prison, with an additional six years on licence, by Judge Nigel Daly, who stated: "In my judgement, what you did was to take away this girl’s childhood and you’ve also destroyed her adult life as well.
All to satisfy your deviant sexual interests.
Even now, reading the pre-sentence report, you are incapable of acknowledging what you have done and the effect that this may have had upon her." During the court proceedings, a victim personal statement read by prosecutor Alexandra Bull revealed the girl’s feelings: "I feel empty inside as if there is nothing there, literally nothing.
Half of the time I wanted a new body.
I said, if I could leave it I would." The girl also described her struggles with sleep and eating, and how she experienced meltdowns due to what had happened.
Her mother, speaking in a victim personal statement, described her daughter’s ordeal as "a mother’s worst nightmare" and added, "Everyone is a victim in this except him." Bailey, who is currently held at HMP Bullingdon and was formerly from Banbury, was convicted in February of four counts of raping a child under 13.
Two of these charges involved assaults on the girl on at least ten occasions.
He also pleaded guilty to inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and creating an indecent image of a child.
During Monday’s sentencing hearing, Judge Daly expressed his shock at the victim’s account of the incidents: "I was shocked by what I heard of what she was saying when all this was going on in the van, and the way in which she described it as if it was normal." The judge emphasised that Bailey’s behaviour appeared to be considered normal by the defendant, and he determined that Bailey posed a significant risk of serious harm to the public, especially to pre-pubescent girls.
Mitigating, solicitor Sumita Mahtab-Shaikh stated that Bailey had been engaging in educational courses while imprisoned and had applied for a gardening job within the prison.
Her clients’ parents, who are in their 70s and 80s, were also mentioned.
