A convicted Bradford Paedophile, Dennis Lane, has been incarcerated once more after he confessed to becoming ‘fixated’ on a young girl and fantasising about the victim he abused almost thirty years prior.
Bradford Crown Court was informed today that Dennis Lane, 79, was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1996 for child abuse and has since received further lengthy sentences for violating protective measures intended to prevent new offences.
Judge Ahmed Nadim stated that prior incarcerations had failed to modify his conduct and cited a report indicating that Lane had become a habitual offender with an inability to recognise culpability.
Prosecutor Maryam Ahmad told the court that children had complained about ‘the weird old man’ who had been engaging them in conversation and a teacher had seen Lane talking to a young girl who looked uncomfortable.
Dennis Lane’s indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention order, imposed in 2018, banned him from having any contact with children and he was also prohibited from going within 50 metres of any playground.
The order also banned Lane from being in possession of any child images.
After his arrest last October, Dennis Lane denied having any sexual interest in the young girl, but later admitted being ‘fixated’ with her and fantasising about his previous victim.
He also accepted he used child images and the doll for sexual gratification.
Dennis Lane admitted breaching the terms of the Sexual Harm Prevention order and was jailed for three years and nine months.
Imran Khan, his barrister, said his client wanted a simple quiet life away from people and to remove himself from society.
“So his strategy for avoiding further offending is to become a recluse?” Judge Nadim said.
“Yes,” said Mr Khan.
He added that Dennis Lane understood that a prison sentence was inevitable and he had made peace with that.
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