A rapist who treated a child victim like a "sex object" has been locked up for over 20 years. Ernest Short, 57, carried out a campaign of sexual abuse against a child and was sentenced to 22 years behind bars and ordered to remain on the sex offender's register for life.
Short appeared at Durham Crown Court on November 15, via video link from HMP Durham prison, to be sentenced for charges of rape and indecent assault, Chronicle Live reports.Short had been found guilty of the charges following a trial.Prosecutor Vincent Ward told the court Short had raped the young victim - who is now an adult and can not be identified for legal reasons.He said Short had caused "severe psychological harm" and had used elements of "emotional blackmail" in
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