Anthony Baron Gisburn Paedophile has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a young child for nearly a decade.
Anthony Baron initially perpetrated abuse on his victim at the age of seven, a violation that persisted until she was around 14, so depriving her of her childhood.
Anthony Baron, aged 68, of Main Street, Gisburn, was found guilty after a trial on eight counts of child sexual abuse committed between 2006 and 2013.
The abuse happened in the Accrington area.
He was sentenced at Burnley Crown Court yesterday (Monday, October 21st)
Det Con Ryan Benson, who led the case to bring Anthony Baron to justice, said: “First of all my thoughts are with Anthony Baron’s victim. Through his perverted actions he has effectively robbed her of her childhood and yet she has had the courage not only to come forward and report what he did to her but also the bravery to see the case through to its rightful outcome.
“I trust she feels some sense that justice has been done and I hope this outcome gives others who may have been through similar ordeals the confidence to come forward and speak about what has happened in the knowledge that we will investigate sensitively and professionally and without fear or favour.”
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