A paedophile who molested a little girl before claiming she had instigated the sick abuse has been jailed. Robert Gardener twice targeted the child, the first time molesting his victim as she cried, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
The 64-year-old covered up the first incident by suggesting to the girl's dad he was "just playing", the Liverpool Echo reports.
But he was then caught abusing her on a second occasion by the victim's own father, who saw his little girl's hand moving down the front of Gardener's trousers near his groin.
However, Gardener, of Kensington, then had the gall to claim that the child instigated it. Liverpool Crown Court heard another girl first spotted Gardener with his trousers and underpants down in the presence of the
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