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Sex abuse: Reginald Davies jailed for 1949-1973 offences | Sex abuse: Reginald Davies jailed for 1949-1973 offences |
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A former serviceman and miner who sexually assaulted four girls in south Wales between 1949 and 1973 has been jailed for 11 years. | A former serviceman and miner who sexually assaulted four girls in south Wales between 1949 and 1973 has been jailed for 11 years. |
Reginald Davies, 78, was convicted at Kingston Crown Court in London of 13 offences, including rape of a girl under the age of 12. | Reginald Davies, 78, was convicted at Kingston Crown Court in London of 13 offences, including rape of a girl under the age of 12. |
His victims, who were aged between nine and 16, were assaulted in the Caerphilly county borough area. | |
They were at the court and sobbed as the sentence was read out. | |
The Metropolitan Police have described the case as the oldest charges to be heard in a UK court. | |
Davies, who served with the Royal Engineers and the Royal Dragoons, committed the offences when he was aged between 15 and 39. | |
He was arrested in July last year at his adopted home in Australia before being extradited a couple of months later. | |
During the trial, Hanna Llewellyn-Waters, prosecuting, said Davies "preyed on the innocence" of the four girls, leaving them to carry the burden for the rest of their lives. | |
"You relied on their fear that they would not be believed and told them that they would be taken away from everything they loved," she added. | |
He claimed the four women were lying and "in collusion". | |
He was found guilty of two charges of child rape, two of attempted rape, eight of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child. | |
He was cleared of one charge of child rape and one charge of attempted rape. |