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A County Fermanagh man has been jailed for 15 years for raping and abusing three young girls. | A County Fermanagh man has been jailed for 15 years for raping and abusing three young girls. |
David Parkinson, 66, from Main Street in Brookeborough, was found guilty in February of three rapes and nine indecent assaults. | David Parkinson, 66, from Main Street in Brookeborough, was found guilty in February of three rapes and nine indecent assaults. |
Judge Piers Grant banned the strongman, known as Big Dave, from associating with children. He will also be on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. | |
The attacks took place on the girls between 1991 and 1994. | |
The girls were aged between six and nine. He told one girl he would make her family disappear if she spoke out. | The girls were aged between six and nine. He told one girl he would make her family disappear if she spoke out. |
In sentencing Judge Grant said Parkinson had taken advantage of the children's trust with his "disgusting and depraved lust". | |
The Judge said throughout the time of his offending Parkinson had been "regarded as something of a celebrity and local figure" which he had used to gain the trust and respect of his victim's parents. | |
The Dungannon Court heard that Parkinson was unremorseful, continually denying his actions. | |
"These offences were not momentary lapses on your part," Judge Grant said. | |
"You calculated how to exercise your control over these children and the circumstances in which you would do it," he added. | |
As a strongman, Parkinson raised thousands of pounds for children's charities, and earned a mention in the Guinness book of records. | |
He would entice his victims to his Brookeborough home to play what he called "the money game". | |
He would flick pennies over a low wall or hide coins around his house, and then abuse the children as they searched for them. | He would flick pennies over a low wall or hide coins around his house, and then abuse the children as they searched for them. |
This is the second time he has been guilty of abusing youngsters. In September 2007 he confessed to being a paedophile and was jailed for two years for indecently assaulting a girl after trying to buy her off with chocolates and money. |