A Kettering paedophile, Raymond Wykes, who inflicted horrendous sexual attacks on a young child has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.
Raymond Wykes conducted a ‘campaign of abuse’ against his victim until she bravely disclosed the events.
Yesterday, a judge stated that she will be permanently traumatised by the conduct of 46-year-old Raymond Wykes, who asserted that he was not sexually attracted to minors.
Northampton Crown Court was informed that the delivery driver from Headlands was apprehended in May of the previous year following reports of sexual assaults to the police, and that he made partial admissions during the questioning.
Prosecutor James Keeley said: “He stated that he got no sexual gratification from it…and was not sexually attracted to children.”
Raymond Wykes later admitted 12 child sex offences, with the most serious being assaulting a child under the age of 13 by penetration.
Mr Keeley said the incidents had caused the victim severe psychological harm and read an impact statement from her, where she described suffering from depression, stress and anxiety.
Mitigating, Laura Blackband said Raymond Wykes, who had no previous convictions, deserved credit for his guilty pleas and that he had expressed ‘real remorse’ for his actions.
She said: “He is someone who is willing to engage with professional insight.”
Sentencing, His Honour Judge Rupert Mayo said Raymond Wykes had distorted attitudes and described some of his behaviour as chilling.
He said: “It has led to psychological harm that will scar her (the victim) for life.”
Raymond Wykes was jailed for nine years and five months with an additional one year on licence.
He will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence in prison before he will be eligible for parole. Raymond Wykes will also be on the sex offender register and subject to a sexual harm prevention order for life.
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