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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Adam Everett

Paedophile rants in court after raping girl while mum was in hospital

A paedophile delivered a furious tirade as he was jailed for 13 years for raping a child.

Edwards Roberts abused the 11-year-old girl as she slept while her mum was in hospital and cut off her ponytail as a "punishment". The 81-year-old also sexually assaulted a second victim as the teenager used a sunbed.

For decades, the pensioner had masqueraded as an upstanding citizen who had spent his working life "serving the city of Liverpool". Today, Friday, he was finally brought to justice for his sickening historic crimes.

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