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Child rapist is caged

11/ 9/2008

A 40-YEAR-OLD man who subjected a schoolgirl to a campaign of sexual abuse has been jailed for 12-and-a-half years.

Mark Anthony Hindley, of Warwick Terrace, Dukinfield, pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to six counts of rape.

Hindley raped his victim when she was aged between 11 and 16.

He threatened he was harm her if she told anyone of the sexual assaults.

The abuse came to light in February 2008, when the victim reported she had been raped by Hindley since 2002. Hindley was then arrested.

During the course of the investigation, officers discovered that Hindley had filmed himself raping his victim on one occasion.

In addition to his jail sentence, Hindley was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life and he also received an indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order, preventing him from having unsupervised contact with children under 16 years old.

Detective Constable Sarah Aaronson, of Tameside Public Protection Investigation Unit, said: "This was a particularly harrowing case of systematic sexual abuse of a young child who was subject to horrific rapes over a lengthy period of time.

"The victim was threatened with violence and was too afraid to report the matter at the time. However they were ultimately brave enough to report the incidents to the police earlier this year.

"The victim will never get over what has happened to her but will at least get some satisfaction from today's result.

"Tameside Police Public Protection Investigation Unit is committed to investigating matters irrespective of how long ago the incidents have occurred and this result highlights the importance of coming forward to the police to report incidents of sexual abuse no matter how long ago they may have taken place."

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