Locations
Coundon Road, Coventry, CV1
Description
A Coventry man has been convicted of rape and sexual assault against a young girl in the city.
Brendan Dalton subjected the girl to horrendous abuse on a number of occasions between 2002 and 2013.
He was identified after she bravely came forward to tell her story.
The abuse began back when the girl was a young child, with Dalton assaulting her on a number of occasions at an address in Coventry.
In 2022, Dalton then communicated online with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old child.
This was a decoy, however, and Dalton was arrested by officers from Coventry LPA.
Examining Dalton's phone, officers found indecent images of children, including several Category A images - the most extreme classification.
Dalton, 57, was charged with a series of offences including rape, indecent assault and making indecent images, as well as sexual communication with a child.
Dalton, of Coundon Road, Coventry, was convicted on 2 October at Warwick Crown Court.
He will be sentenced on 5 December and was remanded in custody until that date.
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