A disturbing paedophile who sexually exploited young girls whilst working in an Essex shop between 2007 and 2009.
Christopher White, 37, (pictured)was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for abusing luring under aged girls with sweets and cigarettes in exchanged for illegal sex with them.
He gave his victims sweets, cigarettes and alcohol in exchange for sexual activity.
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The 37-year-old, of Mill Lane, Birch, also raped another child when he invited her over to a property he was housesitting.
The offences took place between 2007 and 2009, when White was aged in his early twenties.
White denied three offences of sexual activity with a child, two offences of sexual assault of a child and two offences of rape of a child but was convicted during a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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He wept in the dock as a statement from his third victim was read out, which said: “You have robbed three vulnerable girls of their youths which we will never get back.”
One told him: “You made us go back to court and relieve the trauma because you thought you would get away with it.”
Another added: “I told myself for ten years that I was disgusting for what I had done but it was never what I had done, it was what you had done.
White, of Mill Lane in Birch, was sentenced to 14 years in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court after being found guilty of several sexual offences against children. An investigation into White after it was reported that he had been sexually exploiting young girls whilst working in a shop in Layer De Haye between 2007 and 2009.
The victims, who were children at the time, met White when they would visit the shop he worked in Layer de la Haye. White was in his 20s at the time of the offences.
After his arrest in 2019, he was charged with two counts of rape of a child under 13, one count of sexual assault of a child under 13, one count of sexual assault of a child over 13, two counts of sexual activity with a child under 13 and one count of sexual activity with a child over 13.
He was remanded into custody. On May 19, he was found guilty of all offences. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. White must serve at least nine years and four months before being eligible for parole.
In a statement, one of the victims said they experienced “feeling unloved and broken” during their teenage years. “It never made sense back then,” they added. “It wasn’t until I reported to the police that I discovered I was never in the wrong.”
In a direct statement to White, the victim said: “You made me endure a year of waiting for a trial and then a two-week court process because you could not admit to the abuse you made me suffer. Now as an adult knowing the severity and reality of what you did and how you robbed me of my childhood and that it was in no way my fault, this was so hard to cope with.”
Another victim added: “Just because we have justice, doesn’t mean it’s forgotten. I have to live the rest of my life knowing this happened, it’s imprinted on me forever.”
Judge Loram KC said how the effect on the victims’ lives remains heart-breaking. She added: “It is tempting to call you pathetic but that would be wrong. You are manipulative, wholly self-centred and oblivious to how other men feel.”
Detective Inspector James Hardingham added “The victims of these crimes throughout this investigation have shown such bravery in reporting the matter and having to endure a court process. The pain and suffering they have gone through during their childhood will remain with them and their families for the remainder of their lives.
“We want the public to feel confident in reporting such incidents to Police with many worried they won’t be believed or justice will be done. Hopefully, this sentencing will highlight the seriousness the police take these allegations and justice can be achieved.”
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