May 2015
Paedophile jailed for rape of 13-year-old schoolgirl
A paedophile has been jailed for five years after admitting a string of sex offences against a young girl
Graham Morrissey, 37 of Eversley Road, Benfleet sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl between September 1, 2013 and January 15, 2014
The young victim bravely sat in the public gallery alongside her mother as Morrissey was jailed.
Morrissey pleaded guilty to one charge of raping a 13-year-old girl during an earlier appearance at Basildon Crown Court
The girls mother – who cannot be named of legal reasons – said: “I was expecting him to get jailed for a lot longer for what hes done. He’ll be out in a few years and I just want people to know what he is capable of so this never happens to anyone else”
The offences are all thought to of taken place in Southend
Morrissey also admitted three counts of inciting or causing the girl to be sexually assaulted, Two charges of taking indecent photographs of children as well as two charges of making indecent images of children
Filed under: Essex
