A SICK PAEDOPHILE FROM IRLAM WILL BE A FRAIL OLD MAN BEFORE HE IS RELEASED AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULTS

A 76-year-old man from Townsgate Way in Irlam had previously been serving a sentence of 30 months after after travelling over 150 miles back during 2016 to have sex with an eight-year-old girl who unbeknownst to him at the time was actually an undercover police officer posing as a decoy.

As a result of that case, two further victims bravely came forward and last month he was convicted of a series of sexual offences against minors dating as far back as the early 1980's.

Peter Byrne had used alcohol to subdue his victims as he set about abusing them, on a number of occasions filming it on a camera for his own gratification.

Appearing from HMP Leeds for sentencing today, he was handed a 17-year jail term for rape, indecent assault and buggery for which he is expected to serve at least two thirds of his sentence.

Due to the nature of the horrendous crimes, the victims, a male and a female, have not been named for legal reasons as the case had already caused significant psychological impact upon them.

Judge Hatton who proceeded over the trial said that the impact statements from his victims made "Harrowing Reading".

Paedophile Byrne, who formerly lived in Calderdale before moving to Irlam was already known to police after at age 25, he indecently assaulted a number of girls under the age of 14 back in the 1970's. He was already subject to a lifelong notification requirement as a sex offender as a result of his previous crimes.