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Gwent Police officer John ********* jailed for ********* abusing girl

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A judge said John ********* used his status as a police officer to conceal his offending

A police officer who ********* abused a girl under the age of 13 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

John *********, 43, from Cardiff, was found guilty of five counts of ******* ****** at a trial at Cardiff Crown Court in September.

The court heard the victim suffered “severe psychological harm” as a result of *********’s ******.

After his conviction, ********* was dismissed from Gwent Police and barred from policing for life.

Judge Daniel Williams told the sentencing in Newport that *********’s attempts to convince a jury of his innocence were “odious and cynical”.

He also said he was a “high risk to female children”.

********* was found guilty of two counts of ******* ******** by touching and one charge of causing or inciting a child to engage in ******* activity.

He was also found guilty of causing or inciting a child to engage in ******* activity and causing a child to watch a ******* act.

In a personal victim statement, the court was told the ****** had left a “lasting negative, painful memory” of a large part of the girl’s childhood.

The statement, read by prosecution lawyer Ian Wright, said the girl started self-harming after the ****** and was “desperate to remove the feeling” of *********’s hands on her body.

Her family said “no matter how many times we told her she was loved, she won’t believe us”.

The court heard she also had suicidal thoughts and had been taken to accident and emergency on many occasions, with the family scared she would take her own life.

The statement added: “She has built her barrier high, she doesn’t trust people, has no self esteem and blames herself.”

Sentencing *********, Judge Williams said in relation to one aspect of the ****** “she told you she did not want to do it, but you kept on and on at her demanding she did”.

He said the ****** was getting worse when ********* was arrested.

Judge Williams said it had been “heartbreaking” for the court to hear of the impact the ****** had on the girl.

********* was told “your status as a police officer enabled you to conceal your motives and offending”.

Judge Williams told the family of the girl “it is clear to me that she is a kind, caring, intelligent and honest girl. She is to be commended for her courage in coming forward and her honesty in coming forward”.

********* will serve a minimum of five years.

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