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The courage of three young girls has been praised for helping jail the man who sexually abused them.
Child sex offender Paul Davis was responsible for sexually assaulting each of the girls on multiple occasions.
The predator abused each of his victims at different locations across Nottinghamshire, between 2017 and 2020.
Despite the harrowing nature of what Davis had done, each of the girls found the strength to tell someone what had happened.
Their brave decision to come forward and to then speak to the police, ensured Davis, now aged 78, was tracked down and arrested soon after.
He would go on to be charged with eight counts of sexual assault of a girl and two counts of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity.
Not content with what he’d already done, Davis decided to inflict more pain and distress on the victims and their families by denying all ten charges.
That meant they were forced to relive the details of his actions during a week-long trial at Nottingham Crown Court this October.
A jury would go on to see through Davis’ lies, however, and instead found him guilty of each of the offences he’d been tried on.
Davis, now of HMP Nottingham, was then sentenced to 14 years in prison when he reappeared before Nottingham Crown Court last Friday (12 December).
Detective Constable Lisa Torrance, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“Before anything else, I firstly want to thank and pay tribute to the three young victims in this case.
“I can’t even comprehend how hard it must’ve been for them to share what had happened to them, but they showcased immense bravery in deciding to do so.
“In complete contrast to this, Paul Davis demonstrated the coward he is by denying everything, which ensured the people he’d hurt then had to sit through a week-long trial.
“Despite the further distress this would’ve no doubt caused, the girls and their families courageously managed to remain dignified throughout the entirety of the court proceedings.
“We were pleased to see the jury saw through Davis’ lies and that his disgusting and disgraceful behaviour has now resulted in a lengthy prison sentence.
“Our hope is this will provide the victims and their families with some small degree of comfort and closure going forward.”