A MARRIED man showed young girls pornographic videos before getting them to perform sex acts on him, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Leslie Brazier paid two of his three victims £1 each for, as he called it, "doing him a favour", said prosecutor Peter Arnold.

The incidents in Dines Green, Worcester, involved girls as young as seven, but ended in February this year despite Brazier warning one victim she would wish she had "never been born" if she revealed his behaviour.

Brazier, aged 38, of Windermere Drive, Warndon, admitted seven counts of indecency with children. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Judge Andrew Geddes said he hoped the abuse would not have a lasting impact on the girls' lives.

Brazier, he added, had "groomed" them by showing explicit films but was now very ashamed of his offences over a three-year period.

The defendant became excited by porn videos and rewarded his first victim with a videotape after persuading her into a sex act, said Mr Arnold.

Although he made no threats of violence, Brazier accepted she did not want to do it.

At one stage he was in a room with two girls and got the elder girl to show the other one what he wanted.

The third girl he turned his attention to, told police she was usually naked, had cried before the sex acts but had done them "loads of times", said Mr Arnold.

Two girls eventually made a complaint in February this year and police were alerted.

Brazier, who had previous convictions for dishonesty, had not tried to hide behind a smokescreen when he was found out, said Stephen Mooney, defending.

His guilty pleas saved them the misery of giving evidence in court.

Brazier had expressed shame and devastation at his behaviour and his wife was now divorcing him.

"This discovery stopped him in his tracks," added Mr Mooney.

"For the rest of his life this label will go with him."

He claimed Brazier now realised the physical and psychological hurt he had caused the victims.

The judge ordered him to register as a sex offender for life and extended his prison licence by three years after his release to extend the time he could be recalled to jail if he offended again.