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Abuser jailed 40 years after he molested two children

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Darren Medland touched the boy and girl when they were aged six to 12 in the 1980s and 1990s and he was only a few years older.
  He carried out one sexual attack when he was on holiday at Butlins in Minehead.
  His crimes remained undetected for decades until one victim contacted the police and the other came forward.
  He denied all the allegations until the day he was due to stand trial at Exeter Crown Court earlier this year.
  He was jailed after a judge told him that he had caused psychological damage which would blight the lives of the two victims.
  Medland, aged 54, of Coopers Drive, Barnstaple, admitted 16 offences of indecent assault or indecency with a child and was jailed for eight years by Judge James Adkin at Exeter Crown Court.
  He told him: “Your offending has affected the victims’ entire adult life. One suffers from night terrors and flashbacks.
  “You have acquired another sexual conviction since these offences, so you cannot be considered of good character.”
  Miss Emily Pitts, prosecuting, said carried out most of the abuse while he was aged between 14 and 22 and living in Barnstaple in the 1980s. He carried out one assault while on holiday at Butlins in Minehead.
  The assaults consisted of touching over and under clothes and the most serious offence would now be categorised as an assault by penetration of a child under 13.
  Mr Nick Lewin, defending, said Medland had himself been the victim of childhood sexual abuse and had grown up in a dysfunctional household. He has managed to live a law-abiding life for most of his adulthood.

Darren Medland touched the boy and girl when they were aged six to 12 in the 1980s and 1990s and he was only a few years older.
  He carried out one sexual attack when he was on holiday at Butlins in Minehead.
  His crimes remained undetected for decades until one victim contacted the police and the other came forward.
  He denied all the allegations until the day he was due to stand trial at Exeter Crown Court earlier this year.
  He was jailed after a judge told him that he had caused psychological damage which would blight the lives of the two victims.
  Medland, aged 54, of Coopers...

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