DEPRAVED MAN JOHN ATHERTON JAILED FOR CHILD SEX OFFENCES
A man who sexually assaulted a young girl in a series of non-recent crimes has been jailed.John Atherton, 45, was found guilty of two counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration on Wednesday following a two-day trial at Grimsby Crown Court.
Atherton, of Bottesford, Scunthorpe, was sentenced to eight years in prison, one year on licence upon his release and will be on the sex offenders register for life.
Det Con Richard Brackenbury said: "Atherton is a depraved individual who subjected an impressionable and innocent little girl to sexual abuse all for his own selfish and warped sexual deviancy."