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01/05/2013
Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Schoolgirls
A man living in south London has been convicted of sexually assaulting two children forty years ago.
On Tuesday a jury at Woolwich Crown Court today convicted Patrick Ryan on four counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape and seven counts of indecent assault.
The offences were carried out on two sisters of primary school age during the 1970s.
Mr Ryan has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on Friday 31 May.
The 64-year-old now lives at Plumstead, but at the time of the offences he lived in Coleraine Road, Blackheath SE3.
The girls lived nearby and Mr Ryan would take them to his flat when their mother was out working and commit the assaults.
The rapes and sexual offences occurred over a number of years.
His victims are now in their 40s, but were aged seven and nine when the abuse began around 1973.
The two sisters had remained quiet about the assaults, until they came forward and gave statements to police in late 2011 and early 2012.
Ryan was first interviewed by detectives in November 2011 in relation to the younger woman's allegations, and was further interviewed in February 2012 in relation to the allegations from the older sister.
He denied raping or sexually assaulting either of them.
Detective Constable Joanne Crockford of the Sapphire Command, who led the investigation, said: "The victims were only seven and nine when they were subjected to numerous violent sexual assaults and rapes by Ryan. He took advantage of their age and extreme vulnerability and abused them for his own sexual gratification.
"The victims should be commended for coming forward, even though these offences occurred some 40 years ago. They were supported through the Criminal Justice process to see their abuser convicted of these terrible offences."
Detective Chief Inspector Pete Thomas of the Sapphire Command said: "The ordeal these two women went through as young children was horrific and traumatising.
"To come forward after so long must have taken extreme courage and their determination to see justice has resulted in Ryan's conviction. Ryan is a convicted paedophile who will now be monitored for the rest of his life as a registered sex offender."
(IT/CD)
On Tuesday a jury at Woolwich Crown Court today convicted Patrick Ryan on four counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape and seven counts of indecent assault.
The offences were carried out on two sisters of primary school age during the 1970s.
Mr Ryan has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on Friday 31 May.
The 64-year-old now lives at Plumstead, but at the time of the offences he lived in Coleraine Road, Blackheath SE3.
The girls lived nearby and Mr Ryan would take them to his flat when their mother was out working and commit the assaults.
The rapes and sexual offences occurred over a number of years.
His victims are now in their 40s, but were aged seven and nine when the abuse began around 1973.
The two sisters had remained quiet about the assaults, until they came forward and gave statements to police in late 2011 and early 2012.
Ryan was first interviewed by detectives in November 2011 in relation to the younger woman's allegations, and was further interviewed in February 2012 in relation to the allegations from the older sister.
He denied raping or sexually assaulting either of them.
Detective Constable Joanne Crockford of the Sapphire Command, who led the investigation, said: "The victims were only seven and nine when they were subjected to numerous violent sexual assaults and rapes by Ryan. He took advantage of their age and extreme vulnerability and abused them for his own sexual gratification.
"The victims should be commended for coming forward, even though these offences occurred some 40 years ago. They were supported through the Criminal Justice process to see their abuser convicted of these terrible offences."
Detective Chief Inspector Pete Thomas of the Sapphire Command said: "The ordeal these two women went through as young children was horrific and traumatising.
"To come forward after so long must have taken extreme courage and their determination to see justice has resulted in Ryan's conviction. Ryan is a convicted paedophile who will now be monitored for the rest of his life as a registered sex offender."
(IT/CD)
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