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Rapper Grymey D jailed for sex with schoolgirls | |
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A "predatory" rapper who filmed himself having sex with schoolgirls he groomed on social media has been jailed. | |
Daniel Rodriguez, also known as Grymey D, 28, contacted several girls, aged 14 and 15, online and persuaded them to go to his house in Hackney. | |
Videos found by police showed him having sex with girls in the house he shared with his parents and sister. | |
He admitted 15 offences and was sentenced to 16 years by a judge at Wood Green Crown Court. | |
'Deviant sexual fantasies' | 'Deviant sexual fantasies' |
The charges related to seven different victims and included sexual activity with a child, making indecent photographs and sexual assault. | |
Scotland Yard found videos of the rapper having sex with four children. | |
In one, Rodriguez had filmed himself having sex with a 14-year-old girl who had arrived at his house wearing her school uniform. | |
He was caught when police discovered messages on a 14-year-old's phone which suggested she was in a sexual relationship with him. | |
The girl told officers he had first contacted her when she was 13 and she had visited his house several times once she turned 14. | |
On one occasion the girl took a friend, who was also 14, and Rodriguez engaged in sexual activity with both of them, she told detectives. | On one occasion the girl took a friend, who was also 14, and Rodriguez engaged in sexual activity with both of them, she told detectives. |
Charges: | Charges: |
Rodriguez groomed his victims using Facebook, Instagram and Blackberry Messenger by complimenting them about how they looked and telling them he loved them. | Rodriguez groomed his victims using Facebook, Instagram and Blackberry Messenger by complimenting them about how they looked and telling them he loved them. |
Edward Lucas, prosecuting, said on Thursday: "This defendant is predatory. He preyed on young, vulnerable girls around the ages of 13 to 15. | |
He used his experience, charm and his guile and ultimately his force - his force of personality - to indulge in his own perverted activities." | |
His relatives were unaware of what he was doing. | His relatives were unaware of what he was doing. |
The defence had suggested Rodriguez "did not appreciate the gravity of what he was doing" and was "absolutely stunned" when he learnt of the seriousness of the offences. | |
But Judge Joanna Greenberg QC said "he must be blind and living as a hermit" to have missed news of similar cases involving high-profile celebrities. | |
She said the rapper had deliberately targeted young girls in order to carry out "deviant sexual fantasies". | |
"Your desire for them was because they were young girls," the judge said. |
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