JAIL FOR A SALFORD MAN WHO SEXUALLY & PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED TWO YOUNGSTERS

Isaak Goldschmidt (05/11/1967) of Castlefield Avenue, Broughton Park, Salford has been jailed for eight years and three months at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing. 

In March 2016, officers launched an investigation after receiving information that Goldschmidt had sexually and physically assaulted two young people over a number of years. 

In a disclosure to officers, one of the victims, a girl, told how Goldschmidt sexually assaulted her on a number of occasions and had hit her with various weapons including a walking stick and a belt. 

The offences happened between 2003 and 2014 with his victims being aged between 8 and 14-years-old. 

Today, Monday 30 October 2017, Goldschmidt has been jailed for the following offences: 

·        One count of child cruelty 
·        Three counts of sexual assault of a boy 
·        Four counts of sexual assault of a girl 
·        Three counts of sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 
·        Four counts of causing or inciting a girl under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity 
·        Three counts of causing or inciting a girl under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity 

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Clitherow of GMP’s Salford Borough, said:

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“The persistence Goldschmidt has showing in carrying out his crimes, undiscovered for a number of years, is truly sickening. 

“It is only down to the courageous decisions the victims in this case have made that we have been able to remove him from society and do everything we can to protect and support them. 

“I’d like today’s result to send a message to those who are victims of abuse that it does not matter when or where abuse happened or by whom. We treat every report with the utmost severity to ensure the right people are behind bars and their victims are freed from the shackles of their crimes.” 

Greater Manchester is nationally recognised as a model of good practice in terms of support services available to victims.

- If you or someone you know has been raped or sexually assaulted, we encourage you not to suffer in silence and report it to the police, or a support agency so you can get the help and support available.

- You can call Greater Manchester Police on 101, or alternatively people can refer themselves to St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre on 0161 276 6515, whether or not you want make a police report.

- St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester provides a comprehensive and coordinated forensic, counselling and medical aftercare service to anyone in Greater Manchester who has experienced rape or sexual assault. Services are available on a 24-hour basis and people can access them via Greater Manchester Police, or as a self-referral.

- Manchester Rape Crisis is a confidential support service run by women for women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused. Confidential helpline: 0161 273 4500. Black and Minority Ethnic helpline: 0161 273 4514.

- Survivors Manchester offers support and counselling for adult male survivors of sexual abuse and rape, regardless of when the event happened. Contact 07919 246 267.