Post by acnedriver on Oct 16, 2022 5:39:19 GMT
A taxi driver told a 12-year-old girl he would pay her to clean his flat, but instead exploited the opportunity to sexually abuse her.
Robert Gwilliam's victim now goes to sleep hiding under her bed after he subjected her to years of assaults. The paedophile even took pictures of her naked, giving her cash in return.
Liverpool Crown Court heard the youngster began visiting his then home in Widnes "on a regular basis, initially on the premises she would clean for him". But Louise McCloskey, prosecuting, said the 67-year-old "took advantage of the situation" - grooming her and sexually abusing her.
Gwilliam, now of Whitchurch Way in Runcorn, assaulted her and forced her to perform sex acts on him. The pensioner took pictures of her exposed breasts on his iPhone, and on one occasion told her to undress and placed pound coins on her naked body.
She would "tell him no, but he carried on anyway", paying her up to £40 per visit. The schoolgirl eventually confided in her PE teacher about the "prolonged and sustained" abuse she had been subjected to.
In a statement read out to the court on her behalf, she described how she was left "really scared" and now slept under the bed as it enables her to feel safe. She added: "I didn't know what to do about it or who to talk to - I was petrified about what he would do to me and my family for telling the truth about what he did.
"I am terrified of bumping into him somewhere. In my nightmares, it's happening all over again."
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/taxi-driver-sexually-abused-12-25269808
Robert Gwilliam's victim now goes to sleep hiding under her bed after he subjected her to years of assaults. The paedophile even took pictures of her naked, giving her cash in return.
Liverpool Crown Court heard the youngster began visiting his then home in Widnes "on a regular basis, initially on the premises she would clean for him". But Louise McCloskey, prosecuting, said the 67-year-old "took advantage of the situation" - grooming her and sexually abusing her.
Gwilliam, now of Whitchurch Way in Runcorn, assaulted her and forced her to perform sex acts on him. The pensioner took pictures of her exposed breasts on his iPhone, and on one occasion told her to undress and placed pound coins on her naked body.
She would "tell him no, but he carried on anyway", paying her up to £40 per visit. The schoolgirl eventually confided in her PE teacher about the "prolonged and sustained" abuse she had been subjected to.
In a statement read out to the court on her behalf, she described how she was left "really scared" and now slept under the bed as it enables her to feel safe. She added: "I didn't know what to do about it or who to talk to - I was petrified about what he would do to me and my family for telling the truth about what he did.
"I am terrified of bumping into him somewhere. In my nightmares, it's happening all over again."
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/taxi-driver-sexually-abused-12-25269808