By Lucy Caulkett-
A paedophile aged 41 has been jailed for seven years and three months after plying an under-age teenager with cocaine and having sex with her
Mr Hendron said Dawson(pictured) is forever exposed , after having sex with the under aged girl in fields in Bradford as well as at a house.
The high level pervert tried t defend himself by accusing the child of lying, alleging her claims to be ‘all fictional.’
The underaged girl told the court in a victim impact statement that she had been left with anxiety and sleeplessness. Her mother spoke of her own stress, anxiety and problems with sleeping.
Dawson had three previous convictions for six offences, including a wholly separate matter of perverting the course of justice, dating from 2018. Mr Hendron said he had threatened a witness in an assault case.
Mitigating for him, Rukhshanda Hussain told the court that Dawson now regretted trying to minimise his actions to his probation officer. It was out of guilt and shame and he had gone on to fully accept the Crown’s case.
He said the defendant was homeless and addicted to drugs at the time he committed the offences.
Miss Hussain said he had no similar previous convictions and that his best mitigation was his guilty pleas.
Recorder Paul Reid said Dawson had committed ‘appalling sexual abuse’ against the girl.
“This is about as serious a case of its nature as it’s possible to envisage,’ he stated.
Dawson took the young girl’s virginity and subsequently told cops ‘a pack of lies’, reducing his true liability to his probation officer, to the extent of blaming the child for encouraging the offences.
Recorder Reid he had considered sentencing Dawson as a dangerous offender within the meaning of the Act but had drawn back because of his lack of similar offending in the past.
The judged alluded to the alarming gap in age between the defendant and the underaged girl, also taken into account the use of Class A drugs.
Dawson is to serve at least two thirds of the seven years and three months behind bars. His case will then be referred to The Parole Board for it to decide whether to release him before he has served the full sentence.
A Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ordered Dawson to sign on the sex offender register, both without limit of time.