In 2026, the Offender Register reported that Kenneth Goodman, 76, of Greendale Drive, Radcliffe, was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 years and three counts of gross indecency with a girl under the age of 14 after two brave women came forward and disclosed to police the abuse they endured at the hands of Goodman.
THE PAEDOPHILE will serve six years in prison, and he will be placed on the sex offender register for life.
Both victims were in their early teenage years at the time of the abuse and knew Goodman in a professional capacity, over 40 years ago.
The first survivor (Woman A) approached our officers in 2018 to report the abuse Goodman subjected her to. This investigation then led us to identifying a second survivor (Woman B), who confirmed she had been in a sexual relationship with Goodman as a teenager.
Woman A was subjected to abuse on numerous occasions when she was around Goodman, and he made inappropriate comments to her and coerced her into sexual activity when they were alone together.
Woman B was groomed over a period of around three years by Goodman, who manipulated her at the age of 12 into being in a relationship with him and engaging in sexual activity. Goodman told the victim that, as she had turned 13, they could “go further with their intimacy”. This abuse continued until around the time the victim turned 15.
Following his arrest in 2019, Goodman denied the offences, but a jury found him guilty at a trial in March.
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