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A Wisbech man has been sentenced for more than 75 cases of sexual offences against a child dating back to the early 2000s.
David Graham, 49, of Walpole St Peter, appeared at King's Lynn Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to rape of an underage girl on 75 occasions.
He was also found guilty to a separate count of rape of an underage vulnerable child and three additional sexual offences all against the same victim.
The female survivor reported to police in September 2021 after being sexually abused for a period of eight years between the early to mid-2000s in the King’s Lynn area.
Graham was arrested in November 2021 and subsequently charged with sexual offences against a child.
The judge found the offences to be a ‘clear campaign of rape’ involving grooming, degradation, and humiliation of a vulnerable child.
He told the court that the survivor had been robbed of her childhood and that Graham was a dangerous offender.
At court, the survivor’s statement was read out detailing the impact the sexual abuse had on all aspects of her life, relationships, friendships, mental health and work life which culminated to attempts on her own life.
The statement read: “The impacts of sexual abuse have cost me profoundly in many ways, will continue to affect me on a daily basis and has without a doubt set me on a different path from the one I would have taken had I not been abused for many years.
"For so long I have wanted to say goodbye to this chapter in my life and even though a part of it will always be with me I refuse to let it limit the life I want to live anymore.”
DC Loli Ward said: “We hope the sentence will help to provide some justice for the turmoil the victim has gone through during her life.
"We would like to thank her for her bravery in coming forward and reporting these historic sex offences, which have had a profound impact on her life in every way.
“We would also ask that anyone else who has been a victim of such offences seeks help, either through the police or from one of our support organisations, such as the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC).”
David Graham was sentenced to a total of 21 years to serve an additional eight years on licence.