Ian Tate Trimdon Grange Paedophile
Ian Tate Trimdon Grange Paedophile

A Trimdon Grange Paedophile, Ian Tate, who sexually assaulted two girls nearly a decade apart has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Ian Tate, 48, informed his teenage victims that no one would believe them and that they were at fault following his sexual assault of them, as presented before Durham Crown Court.

Judge Nathan Adams stated that both victims had been “haunted” by his conduct.

Ian Tate, hailing from Trimdon Grange in County Durham, contested all charges but was convicted of five counts of engaging in sexual behaviour with a minor.

His first victim said she felt “physically sick” seeing or hearing his name, even if it was being used by someone else on TV.

She said the abuse had been “devastating” for her mental health and she was “always replaying” what he did and his telling her no one would believe.

She said she had been made to feel as though the abuse was her fault but she now knew the truth.

Ian Tate’s second victim, who he abused about nine years after the first, said the assault had “tortured” her life.

She said she had been a “scared little girl” and Ian Tate “convinced” her she was to blame for what happened.

“You took away my childhood but you will not take away my future,” the victim said, adding he had “never been man enough” to admit what he did.

Judge Adams said despite Ian Tate’s “protestations of innocence” and complete lack of remorse, “clearly [the abuse] took place”.

He said both victims were “haunted” by the memories of Ian Tate’s actions.

Having been deemed to be an “offender of particular concern”, Ian Tate, of Hopper Terrace, will have to serve a further year on extended licence upon his eventual release from prison.

He will also have to sign the sex offenders register for life and comply with a sexual harm prevention order banning him from being in the company of any girl under 18, for 20 years.


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