April 2016 Babysitter jailed for rape of boy 40 years ago A sex attacker has been jailed for eight years after being convicted of raping a young boy 40 years ago. Nigel Harper was in his late teens in 1975 when he was babysitting. The 57-year-old,who worked as a barman in a social club in Wolverhampton, abused the boy before ordering him not to tell anyone or he would ‘be in trouble’. Harper, of Ingleby Gardens, Whitmore Reans, was convicted of raping a child under 13 after trial last June Judge Amjad Nawaz said: “This was an offence committed against a young child. “The serious aggravating feature in this case, apart from the age of your victim, is that you were in a position of trust. “You were babysitting the child. You were experimenting. You told him that you were playing a game that involved removing clothes.” The court then heard the graphic details of his abuse. Mr Nawaz added: “You stopped when you realised you were doing something wrong. But you told him not to tell anybody or he would be in trouble. “This offence happened in 1975. I have factored in that you were young yourself when you committed this offence.”