A 72-year-old Paedophile, Rodney Abbott, from Myton-on-Swale, near York, has been incarcerated for several child sexual offences originating from the 1980s.
Rodney Abbott, of Moor Lane, received a sentence of 18 years and 8 months at York Crown Court on Friday, 18 July 2025. He was also subjected to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order until further notice, a restraining order, and mandated to register as a sex offender eternally.
Rodney Abbott has been detained in custody since admitting guilt on 12 May 2025 to six counts of raping a girl under 16, six counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14, three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16, and one count of inciting a girl under 14 to engage in an act of gross indecency.
The victim was assaulted from the age of five and into her teens, describing her childhood as “a constant stream of sexual assaults”.
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