January 2016

Pervert jailed for sexually abusing three boys

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A PAEDOPHILE who sexually abused three boys after giving them “treats” has been jailed for ten years.

Ian Morgan, 51, plied his victims with cannabis and alcohol, encouraged them to stay at his flat, and took them fishing and on trips to the seaside.

He sexually assaulted one boy while he slept and “systematically” abused another.

One of his victims was “particularly vulnerable” because he was “out of control”, had no parental supervision and was in trouble at school.

One of the boys was too embarrassed to talk about what happened to him.

Another went on to suffer depression and other mental health issues.

Morgan, of Pearson Park, west Hull, denied any wrongdoing, but was convicted by a jury of ten indecent assaults, and three offences of indecency with a child after a five-day trial at Hull Crown Court.

He was found not guilty of four counts of rape. Morgan sighed and shook his head as the guilty verdicts were delivered.

His offending, which began in the 1990s and spanned ten years, only came to light when one of his victims saw him by chance in 2014 and noticed Morgan smile at him.

He confided in a friend in a pub then went outside to call police.

One victim who gave evidence at court told the jury Morgan encouraged the boys to play truant from school so they could visit him.

He said Morgan used to “bribe” him and first assaulted him while he slept on his couch.

The man told the jury: “When we went fishing the next day, I was sat in the back and he looked at me and I looked away.

“I didn’t like it. I was a bit scared at fishing that day.”

He said he found Morgan “intimidating”.

The court heard he had groomed the boys.

Jailing Morgan yesterday for a total of ten years, Judge Mark Bury told him: “You provided these boys with treats, taking them fishing and letting them stay at your flat.

“Equally, you abused them, and in order to do so you provided them with alcohol and cannabis. That is a serious aggravating feature. The trial lasted a week and all of us in court heard how deeply affected the complainants have been by your offending, and you are going to have to pay for that now.”