Rapist convicted of sexually abusing girl more than 20 years ago
A RAPIST who sexually abused a girl over the course of four years has been convicted by a jury and warned to expect a long spell behind bars.
Simon Jacobs, 58, of Chase Lane, Dovercourt, raped and indecently assaulted his victim, a girl under the age of 15, more than 20 years ago.
During the course of a trial spanning five days, a jury were told how his sickening attacks were carried out between 1999 and 2003.
His crimes only came to light when the victim reported the abuse to the police last year.
Her recorded interview with the police, which was given in April 2020, was central to the trial.