A ‘PREDATORY paedophile’ child rapist has been unanimously convicted of sexually abusing three boys, including a child in nappies who bit the pervert's genitals while he was being raped.
There were shouts of ‘yes’ from the public gallery as sick babysitter Simon Clancy was found guilty of nine out of 10 sexual offences against three boys in his care in Worcester.
The jury was out just an hour and 11 minutes to convict the 45-year-old paedophile of seven indecent assaults and two counts of indecency with a child in Worcester in following a trial at Worcester Crown Court. The defendant showed no emotion as the guilty verdicts came in today.
Clancy, previously of Teme Road, Tolladine, Worcester, was cleared of a single count of indecency with a child alleged to have taken place in the defendant’s own bedroom.
His denials meant three victims of his sexual attacks, all now adults, had to give evidence in court. So did the mother of two of boys who broke down as she spoke of the guilt she felt in leaving them with Clancy. Their wives and partners also gave evidence in court.
Clancy had already been convicted of indecent assaults on two girls and a boy and had broken his sexual offences prevention order 11 times. The jury convicted him after trial of abusing one four-year-old boy in nappies, attacking him when his dummy fell out and declaring: “This is the best thing ever!” But the boy bit his private parts and Clancy’s response was to scream and strike him. When asked in the witness box if he had caused any injury to Clancy the abuse survivor said: “I hope so.”
The other two victims were aged around seven and eight at the time of the attacks between January and November 1992.
Today some of these offences would be charged as rape of a child under said Matthew Barnes, prosecuting. He said the starting point if the offences were committed today would be a jail sentence of ‘double figures’. Mark Barlow, defending, applied for bail until the sentencing hearing on January 8 next year, arguing that his client, who has just served a custodial sentence, was not a flight risk.
Judge Cole refused bail and remanded Clancy in custody, telling the paedophile: “Custody is inevitable.”
Judge Nicholas Cole adjourned sentence for a pre-sentence report by the probation service and for fresh victim personal statements to be prepared.
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