Paedophile gave a boy pot noodles laced with drugs before sexually abusing him
14.05.2024 - 15:23
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A paedophile gave young boys expensive gifts and fed one pot noodles laced with drugs before sexually abusing him in a decade-long campaign of sickening abuse.
Raymond Hawthorne exploited the two children for his own twisted desires lavishing one of the youngsters with gifts, including trainers and a bike.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that the now 60-year-old "preyed upon, groomed and sexual assaulted" his victims in the Birkenhead area over the course of around 10 years in the 1980s and 90s. One recalled being aged as young as five when Hawthorne, of no fixed address, began abusing him, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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Robert Dudley, prosecuting, described how the pervert would put his hands down the complainant's trousers and touch his penis, as well as perform sex acts upon him. His vile behaviour continued for years and ultimately "escalated" to him raping the boy on two occasions before "chuckling" at his cries of pain.
In a statement which was read out to the court on his behalf, he said: "For as long as I can remember, I have lived a life of fear. I had feelings of embarrassment, guilt, remorse.
"I was so young, and I questioned if any of it was my fault or not. As I started to get older, I started to realise that what was going on was wrong.
"I was scared of talking about it with anyone. I felt ashamed, I didn't think anyone would believe me.
"He was a big strong man, and I was just a little kid. He deprived me of the childhood I should have had and ultimately the person I should have become.
"It is only in the last four to five years that I have found a little