A teenager, Dominic Legg Hartlepool Paedophile, convicted of sexually abusing three young girls will serve an extended prison term following an increase in his sentence.
Dominic Legg, from Hartlepool, perpetrated multiple sexual assaults and rapes against his victims over a four-year duration, resulting in them enduring the terrible consequences of his abuse, as presented in Teesside Crown Court in November.
The 19-year-old received a sentence of five years and nine months in a young offenders’ institution, but following a Court of Appeal challenge, will now serve eight years in custody.
Detective Inspector Lou Sproson of Hartlepool CID stated: “I am gratified that Dominic Legg’s sentence has been augmented to correspond with the gravity and seriousness of his offenses.” This is welcomed by the investigating police and the victims along with their relatives.
His victims were aged between under ten and 15 years, and the abuse occurred when he was a minor, commencing around the age of 12.
The three young victims and their families detailed the profound effects of Dominic Legg’s sexual assault in their victim impact statements.
One wrote: “What Dominic Legg did to me physically and mentally broke me. This has had a massive impact on my life and I will hate myself forever for not doing anything sooner.
“I was a vulnerable little girl.”
Another victim wrote: “I have had to go through therapy because of what happened to me. I could not even speak the words of what Dominic Legg did to me.
“I fear every day that it will happen to me again and find it hard to adjust to normal life.”
He was found guilty of 13 charges against the three victims including counts of rape, sexual assault, and engaging in sexual activity with a child after trial.
Dominic Legg, of Harrow Street, will remain on the sex offenders’ register for life and he was also given indefinite restraining orders preventing him from contacting the victims.
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