Back in 2017, Xavier McManus, the Bradford Paedophile, who coerced two susceptible 15-year-old girls into sexual acts, was sentenced to six years in prison.
Xavier McManus, 22, allegedly threatened self-harm to coerce the females into seeing him, as presented before Bradford Crown Court.
In sentencing him to incarceration, Judge Jonathan Rose declared Xavier McManus a threat to young girls. The defendant was ordered to undergo an additional four-year licence period upon release.
The court informed Xavier McManus, residing on Leeds Road, Bradford, who admitted guilt to two charges of sexual activity with a minor, that his case was profoundly concerning.
Judge Rose said: “I am quite satisfied that you have knowingly engaged in sexual relations with two young, vulnerable girls, each of them susceptible to the advances of an older man and each of them manipulated by your entreaties and your threats that you would harm yourself.”
He added: “Each girl was exceptionally vulnerable at the time and each has suffered substantially in the sense of psychological harm since these offences were committed against them.”
The court heard Xavier McManus met one of the girls last August, after messaging her through Facebook. He took her to a secluded spot and kissed her. When the girl told him she was only 15, McManus said he did not care.
He sexually assaulted her. She pushed him away and made it clear she did not want the activity to go any further, but he persisted. He started crying when he realised he could not get his own way.
Days later, he sent messages wanting to see her again and threatening to kill himself.
The girl confided in her mother, and Xavier McManus was arrested and bailed.
He also contacted the second girl on Facebook in April or May last year. They met up, and there was a relationship which involved kissing. Xavier McManus manipulated the relationship until the girl visited his home in Bradford in November, while he was on bail for the first offence.
He removed their clothes and they had sexual intercourse. Later that month, she told somebody at her school. Her parents and police were informed, and McManus was again arrested.
Judge Rose said neither of the girls was to blame or responsible for what happened to them. He praised their courage.
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