August 2018 Pensioner who started abusing girl when she was aged just 4 is jailed for rape An Irlam man who raped a young girl after promising to buy her a new coat has been jailed for 21 years Eighty three year old Kenneth Jackson, of Riverside Avenue, Irlam was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court today after being found guilty of rape and indecent assault. Jackson began abusing the victim when she was just four-years-old in the 1970s. Aged 11, the girl was told by Jackson she was being taken to Warrington to buy a coat. Instead, he drove her to an address in Irlam, where he raped her. The abuse continued even up until the girl was aged 16 and in 2017 she contacted police, at which point she was given specialist support and Jackson was arrested.