Locations
Croft Green, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6
Description
A 70-year-old serial sex offender will almost certainly die in prison after being jailed for 23 years for sexually abusing four young girls over a period spanning some three decades.
Pensioner Michael Grimes pleaded guilty to 17 counts of child abuse against four young girls.
The judge described his actions as ‘beyond normal human comprehension’ and said they were ‘vile, despicable, and perverted’.
Grimes, of Croft Green, Dunstable, was sentenced at Luton Crown Court on Friday.
As well as the sentence, he was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.
He was caught after police received information that an IP address linked to his home was being used to download indecent images of young children.
Police then raided his home and they found devices containing more than 4,600 indecent images of children and babies, including almost 1,000 of the most severe category.
During their investigations, four women came forward to claim they had been sexually abused by Grimes.
The abuse spanned over a period of some 30 years.