December 2013
‘I did it to save you’: Sick claims of Manchester paedophile jailed for sexual abuse of two girls aged only four
A man who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed.
Michael Bell (17/01/1978), of no fixed address, was found guilty of 18 counts of indecent assault.
At Minshull Street Crown Court today, Friday 13 December 2013, he was sentenced to eight years in prison. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for life.
Bell started sexually assaulting one girl when she was just four years old. The abuse continued over a number of years until she was 10 or 11.
He began abusing the second girl when she was aged around five or six over a shorter period of time.
The abuse happened at a number of addresses across Greater Manchester including Urmston and Salford.
He would film the naked girl and force her to watch it, and told her that he would ‘have her one day’ and would ‘go to prison for her’.
A number of years later she bumped into Bell. He talked to her about the abuse and told her he had done it to “save” her. He also told her, “I’ll have you one day and I’d go to prison for you.”
Detective Constable Nicola Graham, from the Child Protection Unit, said: “Hall subjected two very young girls to repeated abuse.
“Certainly in the case of one victim the abuse was so consistent that she thought that was happening was normal.
“Hall has destroyed their childhoods and their emotional wellbeing has been significantly affected because of this.
“We have and will continue to support these two young women – who have found strength in each other at what continues to be a deeply traumatic time for them both.
“By coming forward they have ensured Bell has been brought to justice for his heinous crimes.
“He told one girl he would go to prison for her. Thanks to her bravery we have been able to make sure he is true to his word.”
