Locations
Orme Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1
Description
A teenager from Blackpool, who sexually abused a number of young girls, has been jailed for over 12 years.
Ryan Garside, 18, of Orme Street, groomed his young victims on social media, before meeting up with them to carry out the horrific assaults.
He was sentenced at Preston Crown Court for 20 offences relating to four child victims between 2016 and 2017.
His abuse included the rape of a 13 year old girl in which he covered her face and used a school tie as a ligature.
He was between 16 and 17 when he committed the offences.
At an earlier hearing Garside pleaded guilty to one count of rape, ten counts of sexual activity with a child, one count of possession of indecent images, three counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and five breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order – issued in May 2017.
Garside was given two sentences - nine years and seven months and an additional 32 months for breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order on numerous occasions.
He has also been placed on the Dangerous Offenders Register.