A Radcliffe-on-Trent Paedophile, Dean Gathercole, has received a four-year prison sentence for sexual assaults committed during his employment at a children’s home.
Dean Gathercole was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 2018 after being convicted of three counts of rape and six counts of indecent assault, carried out at the former Amberdale Observation and Assessment Centre in Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire Police stated that a woman in her 40s discovered his misconduct and reported more instances of assault.
Dean Gathercole, 58, of Westcliffe Avenue, in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, was found guilty of three charges of sexual assault and sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday.
The new sentence will run consecutively to the term handed down in 2018.
Police said the abuse took place during an overnight stay at a holiday park, when the defendant assaulted the teenager – who was then in his care – in a swimming pool and a cabin.
‘Simply unforgivable’
Dean Gathercole was one of a number of former employees at children’s homes mentioned during the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s investigation into services in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Det Con Stephen Dunn, from Nottinghamshire Police, praised the woman for the “enormous courage” she showed in reporting the abuse she suffered.
“Dean Gathercole was entrusted to look after vulnerable young people who looked to him for guidance and support,” he said.
“Instead of helping this child through a very challenging period of her life, he chose instead to groom and abuse her for his own sexual gratification.
“His behaviour was simply unforgivable, and I am pleased that he has now been held accountable for these appalling crimes.”
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