April 2016 Totternhoe man jailed for child sex abuse A Totternhoe man is facing eight years behind bars after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child for several years. Raymond Lilley, 72, indecently assaulted the young girl over a number of years during the 1990s, and was sentenced yesterday at Luton Crown Court. Det Con Nadia Hussein said: “Lilley took advantage of his victim for a number of years, forcing abhorrent sexual abuse on her at an age when she was too young to understand what was happening. “This case is an example of how we are committed to investigating any allegation of sexual abuse and that justice can still be done, even if the offences occured several years ago. “We hope this gives other people who may have been sexually abused in the past to come forward in the knowledge that they will be listened to and taken seriously, and it’s not too late for action to be taken.” “The sentence can never make up for the distress that the victim has experienced but we hope that this will help her in the process of moving on.” February 2016 Man found guilty by jury of indecently touching young girl A 72-year-old Dunstable man is facing a lengthy jail term after a jury found him guilty of two charges of indecent assault yesterday (February 25) at Luton Crown Court.  Following the verdicts, Raymond Lilley was remanded in custody while reports are prepared. He will be back in court to be sentenced in April when he can expect a prison sentence for his crimes. Lilley of Brownlow Rise, Totternhoe, Dunstable, had pleaded not guilty to the two offences. The prosecution’s case was that he had indecently touched the young daughter of a friend of his while he was looking after her. The jury heard evidence that the offences began when the girl was two-and-a-half in the 1990s and ended in 2001 when the girl was six and told her mum of an incident involving Lilley. After that the mum made sure she and her family had no contact with Lilley But in 2014 the police were told and the defendant was arrested. Before being led from the court this afternoon to be remanded in custody, Lilley was told his name would now go on the sex offenders register.