A SEDGLEY man who carried out a string of serious sex attacks on a schoolgirl has been jailed for ten years.
Judge Martin Walsh told Phillip Morris, aged 47, he was responsible for a “course of conduct” against his young victim.
He said Morris, of Round Hill, imitated sexual conduct with the girl and matters progressed from there.
The judge said he accepted there had been no threats to the girl and no coercion but he should have known better because of her age.
Morris admitted four charges of rape and another of indecent exposure and he was told he must sign the Sexual Offenders Register for the rest of his life.
The judge also made Morris the subject of an indefinite Sexual Offenders Protection Order.
Gurdeep Garcha, for Morris, told Wolverhampton Crown Court his client accepted his actions had been “utterly disgraceful”.
He said he had taken full responsibility for what he had done adding: “He is full of self loathing and he knows he will be labelled a paedophile for the rest of his life.”
Mr Garcha concluded: “He is now at rock bottom, in custody for the first time in his life and he knows he has left behind a trail of destruction.”
Nigel Stelling, prosecuting, said Morris was a man with no previous convictions and the victim had clearly been extremely vulnerable.
