Man, 63, jailed for 31 years for 'catalogue of sexual abuse' against young girls over a decade thetelegraphandargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraphandargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Leeds Crown Court
Robert Wiggans took advantage of his position in charge of the young woman’s finances to commit fraud offences which a judge described as “the most terrible breach of trust”.
Wiggans carried out the deception when he was a senior partner at Dewsbury-based legal firm Hellewell, Pasley and Brewer. Leeds Crown Court heard Wiggans, 61, was the compliance officer for finance and administration at the time of the offending in 2015 and 2016.
Heather Gilmour, prosecuting, said Wiggans managed compensation which had been paid to the victim as she was severely disabled due to medical negligence. She requires 24-hour care and cannot live unaided.
Submitting.
He said he had never downloaded or distributed indecent images of children.
Marsh said he had chatted online to people who had asked him for images but he had said no.
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Sex offender arrested at his home in Leeds after downloading indecent child images on his mobile phoneCatherine Duffy, prosecuting, said the phone was examined and found to contain 15 images at category A - the most serious level of offending.
Ms Duffy said 13 images were at category B and 150 images at category C.
Marsh, of Third Avenue, Wetherby, pleaded guilty to three offences of making indecent images of a child.