Girl abused by paedophile was accused of lying by police

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Alan Phillips has now been jailed for 14 years for sexual attacks on two girls



A girl who was sexually assaulted when she was just 12 years old was thought to be lying when she first revealed what had happened to her.

So traumatised by her ordeal, the girl was unable to speak about the abuse and had to write a letter to her social worker - although her attacker denied any wrongdoing and the case was dropped.

Only after the girl gained the courage to speak out some time later was Alan Phillips eventually arrested and charged.

The 51-year-old from Rugby was jailed for 14 years after he was found guilty of two charges of sexually assaulting that girl and two of sexual assault against a second girl.

During the trial at Warwick Crown Court, prosecutor Stefan Kolodynski told the jury: “The broad overview is that two people were sexually abused when they were young girls by Alan Phillips.”

Jailing Phillips and ordering him to register as a sex offender for life, Judge Sally Hancox told him: “You are a man who waited carefully for the opportunities to arise, and when they did, whatever risks there were of being seen, you acted in the way you did to satisfy your desires.

“The impact of your offending on both of them has been devastating.”

The judge also observed that one of the girls had earlier been abused by another man.