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A paedophile caught red-handed by the sufferer’s mum as he raped the younger youngster within the hallway of her home was allowed to stroll free by a decide one yr earlier, it has emerged.
Damien Riddle proved each dad or mum’s worst nightmare after grooming his sufferer over social media, promoting photographs of the kid’s genitals on-line, then raping them at their household house in South West London from July to August this yr.
The vile 40-year-old was spared jail after admitting three counts of indecent pictures at Inside London Crown Court docket final yr.
He was given a second probability on April 20, 2022, with a 16-month sentence suspended for 2 years, regardless of police discovering the worst form of penetrative youngster abuse content material on his gadgets in February 2020.
He then went on to pose as a 15-year-old boy to snare a younger youngster on social media in July this yr, Kingston Crown Court docket heard.
Damien Riddle, 40, was caught raping a toddler by their mom within the hallway of their house only one yr after he was let off for possessing indecent pictures
Riddle instructed his sufferer the wicked sexual acts he needed the kid to do with him, earlier than getting the kid to ship photographs of their genitals, which he later bought on-line, the court docket heard.
On August 16, Riddle, from South London, turned up on the sufferer’s house and compelled the kid to carry out a intercourse act, just for their mom to later open the door.
She discovered Riddle standing there with the sufferer bare and about to have a bathe at round 4.30am, the court docket heard.
Mr Williams mentioned: ‘[The victim] was saying [Riddle] was there to get a glass of water. The defendant was stuttering, saying he was going to drop a motorcycle off for Nick. There was no Nick. The defendant then ran off by way of somebody’s entrance backyard.’
Later the sufferer instructed police Riddle had pressured them right into a intercourse act. DNA swabs later confirmed Riddle was there on the property.
Police tracked down Riddle, after assist from the sufferer’s household, and he was arrested. In a candid interview, he admitted every little thing however claimed he thought the sufferer was 16.
A search of Riddle’s house in Lambeth uncovered gadgets containing a stash of 91 indecent pictures, together with one Class A picture, the worst type, 88 Class B, and two Class C, none of which have been of the sufferer.
Evaluation of his laborious drives additionally confirmed he had breached the phrases of a sexual hurt prevention order which prevented him from altering his search historical past or utilizing incognito mode.
Riddle pleaded responsible to 2 counts of rape of a kid underneath 13, inciting a toddler into sexual exercise, sexual communication with a toddler, fee of a kid intercourse offence, three counts of possessing indecent pictures of kids, for Classes A, B, and C, and breach of a sexual hurt prevention order. He additionally admitted breaching his suspended sentence imposed final yr.
In an affect assertion, the sufferer mentioned: ‘Since being groomed by the person I’ve not been capable of belief different folks. I get scared rather a lot, even when I’m with my buddies. I not have social media accounts. I not belief males.
‘I’ve grow to be very indignant and my mum has dangerous psychological well being points because it occurred… I would like issues to be regular once more. I get up rather a lot at evening and really feel panicked and scared and I am unable to breath, like I’m choking.’
The sufferer additionally mentioned they now run away from males sporting glasses and the household has moved home.
‘I really feel like I’m soiled most days and want a shower greater than used to, to really feel like I’m clear. I would like issues to be regular once more,’ they mentioned. ‘Our lives won’t ever be the identical once more. I really feel like my life is ruined most days.’
Riddle’s defence barrister Soraya Lawrence mentioned: ‘He was frank in interview and disclosed different circumstances, that he had no must do, which incurred extra prices… He expresses excessive regret for his actions and his expressed need to obtain help to handle his behaviour.’
Riddle was handed a jail sentence of 12 years and three months plus one other three years on license resulting from his ‘actual danger’ to youngsters at Kingston Crown Court docket
Ms Lawrence additionally argued there was no medical proof of extreme psychological hurt.
Nonetheless Choose Marcus Tregilgas-Davey disagreed, saying: ‘They have to maneuver house, they’ve misplaced buddies, they’ve misplaced a part of his education. Are you severely suggesting for a kid transferring house shouldn’t be extreme psychological hurt?’
‘It is clear to me that your abuse of [the victim] has had a really important impact on them,’ Choose Tregilgas-Davey concluded.
‘In relation to each [rapes] it appears to me inarguable [the victim] has suffered extreme psychological hurt. It appears to me it is a clear inference from the sufferer affect assertion and witnesses. I’ve no hesitation.’
Riddle was jailed for 12 years and three months, with one other three years on license resulting from his ‘actual danger’ to youngsters.
Choose Tregilgas-Davey sentenced him to 11 years and three months every for Depend 1 and a couple of, each oral rape of a kid underneath 13, to run concurrently.
He punished the breach of a suspended sentence, Depend 10, with one other 12-month jail time period to run consecutively. He gave no separate penalty for Counts 4 to 9.
He was entered onto the intercourse offenders register for all times and should adjust to a brand new sexual hurt prevention order.
