Locations
Dorset Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8
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A CHILD abuser who committed a series of offences against two girls more than three decades ago has been jailed for five years.
Leeds man Robert Glendinning was jailed at Bradford Crown Court yesterday after a judge heard details of his repeated abuse of the children in the late 1970s.
Glendinning, of Dorset Terrace, Leeds, admitted charges of indecent assault and indecency with a child.
He also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape one of the girls.
The victims, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, are understood to live in the Huddersfield area.
The 52-year-old confessed to his offending during discussions with his lawyers and the court heard that in 1993 he was also jailed for six-month for an unrelated offence of indecent assault against another girl.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall, QC, said the victim impact statements provided by the two complainants emphasised the dreadful, traumatic and ever-present shadow the offences had cast over their lives.
The judge said it was to their credit that they had found the courage to go to the police.
Glendinning was arrested early this year and his barrister Neil Clark said despite not having all the evidence against him the defendant had been insistent on pleading guilty.
Mr Clark asked the judge to take account of the fact that Glendinning had not committed any further offences for 18 years and he described his client as essentially a loner who lived in rented accommodation.
Judge Durham Hall made Glendinning the subject of an indefinite sexual offences prevention order which includes a ban on having any contact with the complainants.
Glendinning will also have to register as a sex offender with the police for the rest of his life following his release from prison.
Det Con Emma Summerscales, from West Yorkshire Polices Child and Public Protection Unit, said: We welcome the sentence given to Glenddining by the court, and his conviction again demonstrates that even if an offence has taken place many years previously we will always work to bring offences to justice.
We also hope that Glendinnings conviction will bring some comfort to his victims.