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Paedophile Matthew Reed shouted "bulls***" as he was jailed again
A child rapist who dragged a boy down a secluded footpath and sexually abused him has been jailed again.
Paedophile Matthew Reed has now been convicted of sexual offences on three occasions having previously been handed a lengthy jail term for raping another young child. He shouted "bulls***" as he was locked up again on Monday (January 30).
The now 30-year-old raped his victim - when he was as young as seven - on four separate occasions in Widnes in the late noughties, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Cheryl Mottram, prosecuting, described how Reed - who was aged 16 and 17 at the time of the offences - would touch the youngster inappropriately before forcing him to perform a sex act, reports the Liverpool Echo.
On one occasion, the sex offender grabbed by him by his arm, "dragged him down a secluded path" and sexually abused him. The child returned home and cried in his bedroom afterwards. Reed's sickening crimes were eventually reported to the police last year.
Appearing via video link to HMP Wymott in Lancashire, he was heard saying "bulls**t" as details of the case against him were read out. A statement read out to the court on the complainant's behalf said: "I feel like a broken person and I don't want to feel like this any more. This is all because of Matthew and what he did to me.
"I couldn't stop what was happening to me then, and I feel like I'm unable to protect myself sometimes. I want him to know I'm not that little boy any more. I just want justice. I hope Matthew doesn't ever get out of prison."
He added that he had considered taking his own life on occasions as a result of the abuse. At this point, Reed - of no fixed address, but previously of Runcorn - interrupted: "Maybe the b****** should." The pervert was previously jailed for 10 years in 2014 for two counts of rape against a child. He was then handed an additional seven months in 2017 for sexual assault.
Nicola Daley, defending, told the court that her client had suffered from mental health problems and self harmed in the past - adding: "He feels he is at his safety when he is in custody. He has little hope for the future, but perhaps that is changing."
Reed admitted two counts of rape and was imprisoned for 11 years, as well as being handed an extended five years on licence. He will also be required to sign the sex offenders' register for life and was handed a 20-year sexual harm prevention order, as well as a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim for the same period.
Sentencing, Judge Anil Murray said: "Your issues, it seems, are lifelong. You deny that you are guilty and have showed no remorse. You do not have insight into yourself. It is crystal clear from your behaviour in this case and your record of offending since that you present a danger to children."