Man jailed for sexually abusing six-year-old

Image source, Surrey Police

Image caption, Roy Hunt was convicted of nine offences against the same girl
  • Author, Bob Dale
  • Role, 成人快手 News, South East

A man has been jailed for eight years for carrying out a string of sex attacks on a six-year-old girl.

Roy Hunt, 84 and from Guildford, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Friday.

He had been convicted of seven counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual assault by penetration.

Police said it was four years before the victim was able to report what had happened.

The attacks began in 2017, but in 2021 the girl wrote a note to her mother, explaining what Hunt had done.

Det Con Claire Phillips said: "I want to recognise the girl鈥檚 strength during the investigation.

鈥淪he was under 10 years old when she told her mother what Hunt had been inflicting on her and was able to give police a detailed and consistent account of what took place.

鈥淗unt being jailed for his abhorrent crimes is down to the evidence she provided.

鈥淣ow that he is in prison, I hope she and her family will be able to move on from this knowing how incredibly courageous she has been throughout.鈥

Hunt has also been given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and must sign the sexual offenders' register.

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