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| Moray child sex abuser Paul O'Neill jailed | Moray child sex abuser Paul O'Neill jailed |
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| A man who admitted sexually abusing a girl in Moray has been jailed for seven years and four months. | A man who admitted sexually abusing a girl in Moray has been jailed for seven years and four months. |
| Paul O'Neill, 48, of Braeside, Keith, groomed the 10-year-old girl, then subjected her to months of rape and abuse. | |
| O'Neill also shot indecent footage of his victim. | O'Neill also shot indecent footage of his victim. |
| At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Uist said O'Neill had set about grooming his victim before carrying out the "disgusting sexual acts". | At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Uist said O'Neill had set about grooming his victim before carrying out the "disgusting sexual acts". |
| Defence counsel David Moggach said his client was offering no excuses for his conduct. | Defence counsel David Moggach said his client was offering no excuses for his conduct. |
| 'Particularly disturbing' | |
| He said: "Looking back on it he says he became something he detested." | He said: "Looking back on it he says he became something he detested." |
| O'Neill was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. | O'Neill was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. |
| Det Insp Norman Stevenson, who led the inquiry, said: "The inquiry into Paul O'Neill was particularly disturbing due to the young age of the victim. | |
| "The crimes were despicable and I can find no reasonable explanation at all for his thought process as he was carrying out his crimes. | |
| "Hopefully through the support and care given by the authorities following these crimes being uncovered, his young victim and her family can now move on with their lives and I hope that today's sentence assists them with doing that." |