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| Facebook sex abuser Jake Ormerod jailed for 10 years | Facebook sex abuser Jake Ormerod jailed for 10 years |
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| A man who admitted abusing girls he met through Facebook has been jailed for 10 years. | A man who admitted abusing girls he met through Facebook has been jailed for 10 years. |
| Jake Ormerod, 20, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon, admitted 13 charges at Exeter Crown Court relating to eight girls as young as 13. | Jake Ormerod, 20, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon, admitted 13 charges at Exeter Crown Court relating to eight girls as young as 13. |
| Police said he was part of a paedophile gang who used the social networking site to target victims. | Police said he was part of a paedophile gang who used the social networking site to target victims. |
| Ormerod was arrested during a large-scale inquiry into child sexual exploitation in south Devon. | Ormerod was arrested during a large-scale inquiry into child sexual exploitation in south Devon. |
| In May Ormerod admitted one charge of sexual assault on a child, plus 12 charges of sexual activity with a child - seven when he was aged under 18 and five when he was 18. | In May Ormerod admitted one charge of sexual assault on a child, plus 12 charges of sexual activity with a child - seven when he was aged under 18 and five when he was 18. |
| Police said they had interviewed 139 young girls, some as young as 11, as part of the investigation. | Police said they had interviewed 139 young girls, some as young as 11, as part of the investigation. |
| 'A lifetime of pain' | |
| Det Insp Simon Snell said: "I believe that he's a very manipulative individual who has prayed on vulnerable kids, and some of these children obviously believe that Jake Ormerod was their boyfriend. | Det Insp Simon Snell said: "I believe that he's a very manipulative individual who has prayed on vulnerable kids, and some of these children obviously believe that Jake Ormerod was their boyfriend. |
| "That's just not possible. They're just young children, they're easily impressionable. I think that they probably realise now what a man this is. | "That's just not possible. They're just young children, they're easily impressionable. I think that they probably realise now what a man this is. |
| "We are pleased today that we can get a conviction and a sentence and I hope it shows some justice has been made for some of those girls today." | "We are pleased today that we can get a conviction and a sentence and I hope it shows some justice has been made for some of those girls today." |
| During the case the court heard that lives had been "shattered" and childhoods "destroyed" and one of the victims had attempted suicide. | |
| In a thoughts-book, one of the girls wrote: "I'm a ghost of the person I was. | |
| "My pride, dignity and self worth were snatched away from me, I've got a lifetime of pain and shame. | |
| 'I think he's scum' | |
| "My confidence has been shattered and I have no self esteem anymore, my childhood was snatched away by Jake Ormerod." | |
| Talking anonymously, the mother of one of the victims who was 14-years-old at the time said: "The first thing that I think about Jake Ormerod is that I'm glad he's banged up. | Talking anonymously, the mother of one of the victims who was 14-years-old at the time said: "The first thing that I think about Jake Ormerod is that I'm glad he's banged up. |
| "He has worked through the last two, three, probably four years grooming young vulnerable girls. | "He has worked through the last two, three, probably four years grooming young vulnerable girls. |
| "He has cherry-picked them, worked on them and then sexually exploited them. So what do I think of Jake Ormerod? I think he's scum." | "He has cherry-picked them, worked on them and then sexually exploited them. So what do I think of Jake Ormerod? I think he's scum." |
| Ormerod was arrested in February as part of the police investigation, Operation Mansfield, which had started in January. | Ormerod was arrested in February as part of the police investigation, Operation Mansfield, which had started in January. |
| The operation was a large-scale investigation into the exploitation of children from the Torbay and Teignbridge areas. | The operation was a large-scale investigation into the exploitation of children from the Torbay and Teignbridge areas. |
| More than 16,000 parents at south Devon schools were sent letters informing them that a major child abuse investigation was being carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police. | More than 16,000 parents at south Devon schools were sent letters informing them that a major child abuse investigation was being carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police. |
| Ormerod will serve his sentence in a young offenders institute and could be released after five years of the term. | Ormerod will serve his sentence in a young offenders institute and could be released after five years of the term. |
| The charges covered a period of three years. | The charges covered a period of three years. |