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Paedophile Paul Ripley 'every parent's worst nightmare' | Paedophile Paul Ripley 'every parent's worst nightmare' |
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A paedophile has been branded the "living embodiment of every parent's worst nightmare" after grabbing a girl of 11 off the street and raping her. | A paedophile has been branded the "living embodiment of every parent's worst nightmare" after grabbing a girl of 11 off the street and raping her. |
Paul Ripley, 53, abducted the girl as she walked home in Ellesmere Port, Chester Crown Court heard. | Paul Ripley, 53, abducted the girl as she walked home in Ellesmere Port, Chester Crown Court heard. |
He bundled her into his car and drove her hundreds of miles north to a field where he raped her twice. | He bundled her into his car and drove her hundreds of miles north to a field where he raped her twice. |
Jailing him for ten years, Judge Nicholas Woodward told him he had acted "for your own sexual gratification". | Jailing him for ten years, Judge Nicholas Woodward told him he had acted "for your own sexual gratification". |
The girl, who was left alone near Darlington, flagged down a taxi driver, saying: "I don't know where I am. I've been raped." | The girl, who was left alone near Darlington, flagged down a taxi driver, saying: "I don't know where I am. I've been raped." |
'Harrowing ordeal' | 'Harrowing ordeal' |
Police were quickly able to trace Ripley's car as he drove back south to Cheshire, arresting him on the M6 in Lancashire after he crashed into a police car within hours of the attack. | |
He told officers: "It doesn't matter, I've done it all." | He told officers: "It doesn't matter, I've done it all." |
Ripley had pleaded guilty to rape, kidnap and dangerous driving and will be under supervision for 24 years in total. | Ripley had pleaded guilty to rape, kidnap and dangerous driving and will be under supervision for 24 years in total. |
Judge Woodward said: "You are the living embodiment of every parent's worst nightmare." | Judge Woodward said: "You are the living embodiment of every parent's worst nightmare." |
In a statement to the court, the girl's mother said: "I can only imagine what my daughter went through that night, the pain, confusion, panic and fear. | In a statement to the court, the girl's mother said: "I can only imagine what my daughter went through that night, the pain, confusion, panic and fear. |
"What that man did to her that night has changed her and me forever. | "What that man did to her that night has changed her and me forever. |
"I can't and never will understand what drives a human being to do what he did." | "I can't and never will understand what drives a human being to do what he did." |
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