Locations
Stewarton Street, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, ML2
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A Lanarkshire paedophile who destroyed the lives of three young children when he sexually assaulted them has been jailed for 32 years.
William Dolan, 56, attacked one of his victims when she was just three years old and also abused a 10-year-old boy and a teenage school girl in sick sex crime spree in Newcastle.
After years of escaping punishment for his appalling acts, the pervert, now living in Wishaw, will finally be brought to justice, the Chronicle Live reports.
The jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Dolan guilty of a number of offences including rape and indecent assault which he refuses to confess to.
One of the survivors, who was just three at the time, said in an impact statement: The sexual abuse I suffered as a child has affected me severely. No child should go through what I did when I was a toddler.
He has ruined my life, its been a living nightmare. Your childhood is supposed to be the happiest time in your life but mine was torture. I felt ashamed and dirty.
The older female victim said: Ive struggled to move on with my life since I was a victim of sexual abuse. This has hung over me. Ive lived every day in the hope justice would be served. Im happy I found the strength to report this to the police.
I often have flashbacks to what he did. Theres not a day goes buy I dont think about what he did to me.
He preyed on vulnerable children who could not protect themselves. He is manipulative and devious and I hate him for what he has done.
The male victim said in his victim impact statement: My childhood was a living nightmare which still makes me angry and sad now. I cant forgive him for what he did.
The demons of my childhood and sexual abuse are still with me but I feel I will finally be able to move on after he is sentenced.
Dolan, of Stewarton Street, Wishaw, was found guilty of one count of rape and six counts of indecent assault in Newcastle, and was jailed for 32 years by Judge Christopher Prince.
He was told he must serve at least 21 years of that behind bars and will be on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
He continues to completely and absolutely and vigorously deny any wrongdoing. The court heard his wife is standing by him and he has COPD and hip and stomach problems.