In 2010, the Offender Database reported that Robert John Craddock, a Bromyard Paedophile Child Molester, then 47, appeared at the Crown Court and was convicted of 12 child offences, including:
- Attempted rape of a female child aged under 13
- Indecent assault of a female child aged under 13
- Sexual activity with a female child aged under 13
- Child cruelty against a female child aged under 13
- Assault of a female child aged under 13
The court was informed that Robert John Craddock commenced the abuse of the little girl in 2000, which persisted for an additional eight years until 2008.
The victim was under seven years old when Robert John Craddock first perpetrated an indecent attack on her.
In the subsequent years, the abuse was recurrent and intensified, with Robert John Craddock exhibiting violence against the child.
In a specific incident, Robert John Craddock struck the girl on the jaw for declining sexual advances. In a separate incident, the perpetrator attempted to strangle the 12-year-old girl using her own hooded sweatshirt.
Additional abuse encompassed coercing the girl into oral sex, persistent molestation, and violent sexual assaults, including attempted rape.
The maltreatment ceased when the girl disclosed her abuser.
Robert John Craddock was employed at his father’s shop. He repaired washing machines and assisted in delivering furnishings to customers’ residences.
The judge imposed an eleven-year prison sentence on Craddock, deducting the time served on remand.
Robert John Craddock from Bromyard, Bromyard and Winslow, Herefordshire, was subjected to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and was informed that he must register as a sex offender for life.
The Royal Court of Justice commuted his sentence to nine years of jail, and he was released in 2016; he is on licence until November 2019.
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