May 2004
Melksham paedophile jailed for abusing 11-year-old girl
Paedophile Kenneth Taylor has been jailed for five years after a court heard how he systematically abused an 11-year-old girl.
The 39-year-old pervert preyed on the youngster over a nine- month period, repeatedly carrying out sex attacks on the girl and on one occasion trying to rape her.
And when police raided his home they found a price list in his handwriting showing how much he would pay his young victim for carrying out sexual acts.
They also uncovered a cache of indecent pictures of the girl stored on his computer and camera phone, as well as other sick images downloaded from the internet.
Michael Longman, prosecuting, told Swindon crown court that the abuse came to light after the girl started to behave strangely at school one day.
The child then confided in a family member about what had been going on and family friend Taylor was arrested.
Mr Longman said that the youngster told police that as well as touching her and telling her what he would like to do to her he also took pictures of her with both his camera and mobile phone.
Taylor also used sex toys with her and offered her money to carry out sex acts and to pose for pictures for him.
Mr Longman said: “Among the items found were two notebooks and in one was written what appears to be text messages he has received from the girl.
“Most of them appear to be simply abuse from her to him. It was him writing out texts she sent to him. He accepted that.
“Another page had the title of the girl’s name followed by the words ‘points table’. This appears to tie in with the suggestion of payment for sexual favours.”
He said it started with the word ’1P touch B through C’ which he suggested stood for £1 for touching her breast through clothing and graduated through fees for him taking pictures, up to carrying out sex acts.
Taylor, of Mendip Close, Melksham, pleaded guilty to attempted rape, seven counts of indecent assault and nine of taking or making indecent images.
Mr Longman said that the offences, apart from the attempted rape, were specimen counts to represent the pattern of abuse.
Stephen Mooney, defending, said his client accepted that for the catalogue of abuse he faced a lengthy custodial sentence. He said: “There was never a question of a trial where the victim would have to give evidence. He bore the full responsibility for what happened.
“Some try to say ‘The child led me on’, there is no such thing in this case. He knows what he did was horribly and terribly wrong.
“He does know he has a problem, a very profound problem; one which needs to be addressed. He has no desire to be released from prison until that problem is addressed.”
He said as a result his client’s life had disintegrated. His wife had left him and he would forever live his life as a pariah.
Jailing him Judge John McNaught said: “It is a terrible series of offences. You are a man of good character but you are from now on a marked man.”
As well as the five years in prison he said he would have to serve a further three years on licence upon his release.
He told him: “I hope what happens to you in prison will rehabilitate you but if it doesn’t then I hope the time under licence in the community will.”
Taylor will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and has been banned from working with children.
