September 2020 Paedophile sexually abused children – using the promise of a games console A paedophile who sexually abused two children used the offer of a dart board and a games console to lure one – and children’s TV shows to distract another. Years after the abuse, John Nardai, now 55, has faced justice. He has been jailed for nine years. Nardai, from Rochdale, previously received a separate nine-year sentence for abusing a girl. A boy in the recent case was under 13 when the abuse happened in the 1990s. Nardai told the boy he could use his dart board or games console if he pulled his trousers and underwear down. He would then smack the boy on the bottom. When he reported the incidents to the police as an adult, the victim said Nardai did this on more than 30 occasions. In a statement read by prosecutor David Bentley, the man said the abuse has left him with low confidence. Nardai’s second victim was a girl. She was under the age of seven when Nardai abused her. Nardai told her they were ‘going to play a game’ before he assaulted her. He told her to ‘keep quiet’. Nardai would put on children’s TV shows, including Sooty and Sweep, to ‘distract’ her, the court was told. The girl told a teacher about the abuse, but she felt she wouldn’t be believed. Nardai was charged when the girl grew up. Describing the abuse, she said: “I just thought it was normal by that point. As a child I just thought it was normal.” Addressing Nardai in a statement read to the court, she said: “You haven’t beaten us – and you never will. “I hope one day you feel remorse for your actions.” Interviewed by police, Nardai claimed he couldn’t remember what happened. In 2017, Nardai was jailed for nine years for sexual abuse of a girl, which happened after the abuse he subjected the two other children to. Nardai admitted 10 counts of indecent assault. He will only be released when the Parole Board seem it is safe to do so, and he will be subject to an additional year of licence conditions.