A PAEDOPHILE has been jailed for subjecting a girl to years of sexual abuse.
Mickey Erridge, 24, pleaded guilty to 11 sexual offences against the girl, including rape.
The abuse had started when she was just eight-years-old and police say it was uncovered when she “finally felt strong enough to tell her family”, seven years later in 2017.
At Brighton Crown Court on October 11 Erridge, unemployed, of Wish Hill in Eastbourne, was sentenced to nine years and five months in prison.
He will be a registered sex offender for life and was also given by the court a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for 15 years, severely prohibiting his access to children.
Detective Constable James Brown of the East Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: “This victim endured several years of sexual abuse from Erridge and I would like to commend her bravery in coming forward.”
He added: “She now needs, and is receiving, on-going support after all she has been through.”
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