March 2011 Paedophile pensioner targeted girls aged just seven and nine A FORMER Coventry pensioner who committed “vile” sexual abuse opf two young girls has been jailed.  The victims of Barry Fielding were as young as seven and nine when the abuse began.  The 77-year-old, formerly of Ashington Grove, Whitley, admitted 18 counts of sex offences against children between 1999 and 2004.  And at Coventry Crown Court yesterday, Fielding, who now lives in Derby, was jailed for eight years. The court heard Fielding’s abuse of his victims spanned two years for each girl and progressed in severity.  He warned them not to tell anyone and the on-going abuse was their “little secret”.  He later admitted to police he was attracted to young girls.  Prosecutor Eugene Hickey told the hearing Fielding’s first victim was abused between the ages of seven and nine, with the first incident taking place when the pair were dog walking in the woods.  Referring to a statement made by the victim, Mr Hickey told the court: “She says he has taken away her innocence and childhood and this has had an impact on her being an adult.”  Fielding’s second victim was abused between the ages of nine and 11. Mr Hickey explained the abuse she suffered has also had a devastating impact.  He said: “She is trying to deal with this herself, but she is struggling. She tries not to sleep because when she sleeps, she has nightmares. She says it’s like an action replay in her nightmares.  “She says she doesn’t have much of a social life because she feels uncomfortable around males. She adds ‘I think about what happened to me every day’.”  The court was told Fielding was convicted in 1993 for two counts of indecency with a child.  Describing Fielding’s offending as “vile”, Judge Peter Carr said: “The effect this abuse has had on these girls is set out in the victim impact statements.  “They show the devastating effect your abuse has had on these girls.  “Your first victim’s secondary school education was severely effected, she was almost taken into care, turned to drugs and her relationship with her parents suffered profoundly. She has had counselling. “Your second victim has also had counselling and she has difficulty sleeping because she has nightmares because of what you did to her.” Fielding was also made subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order which, upon his release, prevents him from having unsupervised contact with those under the age of 16 or working in a job where he would be unsupervised with children.