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A man who sexually abused and shared indecent images of children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. 43-year-old Duncan Hogben, of Cranfield, was convicted of 11 counts relating to the sexual abuse of children and charges associated with taking, distributing and making indecent photographs of children. After being convicted on 29 June, Hogben was sentenced at Luton Crown Court to a total of 18 years behind bars. Hogbens dark secret transcended the cyber world into reality, involving the direct abuse of children. His online offending contributed to the worldwide cycle of child abuse, which is the scourge of our society. I would like to pay tribute to the brave testimony of the victims and witnesses in this case, as without their support we would not have achieved the result we have today. I am pleased that the courts recognised the severity of his sickening activities and passed a long sentence though in my eyes no jail term will be long enough for Hogben to accept what hes done and truly pay for the lives he has ruined. Detective Constable Paul Fitzharris from the Cyber Hubs Internet Child Abuse Investigation Team (ICAIT)

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A paedophile who sexually assaulted a girl and filmed some of the abuse has been jailed for more than a decade.

The abuse by Lee Rider, 48, spanned five years and only came to light because the girl confided in someone she trusted.

Police were called on 11 January last year and Rider was arrested. The girl told officers Rider abused her sexually and forced her to perform sexual acts on him. He had also recorded some of the abuse.

She said Rider told her it would “help his mental health” if she did what he wanted and he would also buy her things, which worried her because she knew it meant she would need to do “something for him” in return. 

Rider was interviewed twice by police but provided prepared statements denying the allegations and answered “no comment” to all further questions.

However Rider, of Oak Crescent, Biggleswade, was later charged with a total of 12 offences including:

• Two counts of sexual assault on a child under 13
• Two counts of raping a child under 13
• One count of attempting to rape a child under 13
• One count of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity
• Two counts of sexually assaulting a child over the age of 13
• One count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
• One count of taking indecent images of children
• Two counts of making indecent images of children

He pleaded guilty to all offences on the day his trial was due to begin earlier this year, and was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday (8 November) where he was handed a total of 13 years in prison.

A restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) to monitor future offending, were both made indefinitely.