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| Serial sex offender gets 24 years | Serial sex offender gets 24 years |
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| A serial sex offender has been jailed for 24 years for subjecting nine young girls to years of rape, sexual abuse and violence. | A serial sex offender has been jailed for 24 years for subjecting nine young girls to years of rape, sexual abuse and violence. |
| Jason King, 38, from Balfour Street in Newtownards, County Down, was told that he was every parent's worst nightmare. | Jason King, 38, from Balfour Street in Newtownards, County Down, was told that he was every parent's worst nightmare. |
| Mr Justice Gillen said he considered King's case to be "probably the worst instance of multiple child abuse" that he had come across. | Mr Justice Gillen said he considered King's case to be "probably the worst instance of multiple child abuse" that he had come across. |
| He was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court after being convicted on 58 counts. | He was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court after being convicted on 58 counts. |
| These included nine rapes and 25 indecent assaults. | |
| King was said to have groomed and preyed on the schoolgirls, aged between 12 and up to 15. Two of them became pregnant. | King was said to have groomed and preyed on the schoolgirls, aged between 12 and up to 15. Two of them became pregnant. |
| Originally from County Down, King, who showed no remorse, was brought up in County Kildare, but returned to Northern Ireland. | Originally from County Down, King, who showed no remorse, was brought up in County Kildare, but returned to Northern Ireland. |
| Mr Justice Gillen instructed that he sign the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life and barred him from ever working with children. | Mr Justice Gillen instructed that he sign the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life and barred him from ever working with children. |
| He also stipulated that in order to protect the public from King, believed to be at high risk of reoffending, would be released on licence. | He also stipulated that in order to protect the public from King, believed to be at high risk of reoffending, would be released on licence. |