A little girl had her "innocence taken away" after being sexually assaulted on her birthday.
Roy Brown's actions have had a "life-changing" impact for the youngster after she was preyed upon during "what should have been a time of celebration". The pensioner has now been convicted of sexual offences for a third time.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Friday, that the 77-year-old touched the schoolgirl to the breast area over her clothing on her birthday in what Frank Dillon, prosecuting, described as a "sustained incident". A statement read out to the court on behalf of the victim's mum described how the attack left a "horrendous effect" on them, while she "feels the defendant has taken a piece of her innocence away and forced her to grow up before her time".
