Detectives react to 14-year jail sentence for Abingdon child rapist

‘No sentence would be long enough’ for the Abingdon man jailed for raping a baby, the detective who brought him to justice said.Sam Burton was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court on Monday and ordered to spend an extended four years on licence. The 23-year-old also pasted the heads of people he knew on child sex abuse images and filmed his sick abuse of two children. Despite these actions, Burton claimed he was not sexually attracted to underage boys and girls.You can read our full report from court here.Welcoming the sentence, Det Con Janet Burchell of Thames Valley Police said: “This has been an extremely distressing case for the family of the victims. They have shown a huge amount of resilience throughout the investigation. No sentence will be long enough for the string of horrific offences committed by Burton, but we hope that the family and the victims can now move forward following today’s sentencing. These abhorrent acts were shocking in nature and Burton will now have to serve a lengthy prison sentence as a result of his actions. He will also be on the sex offenders’ register for life, and so when he is finally released from custody, he will always be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure that he never has the opportunity to carry out such acts again. Burton must abide by a sexual harm prevention order and restraining order for life.