A depraved pensioner aged 77 has been jailed for 22 years today for a string of “horrendous” sexual offences committed against children as young as seven over a period of 30 years.
David Bolton, who had lived in the East Bowling area of Bradford, was told by Judge Jonathan Rose that he was likely to spend the rest of his life in prison and that "many people would think that was richly deserved" after he had caused so much "devastation."
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After being convicted, Bolton had shouted “p*ss off” after he was found guilty of six offences of rape, a count of indecent assault and seven allegations of sexual assault by a jury at Bradford Crown Court.
He was cleared of one offence of rape, and all but three of the remaining convictions were by majority verdicts.
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Bolton, a former security guard, sexually abused a young girl after tying her hands to a bathroom washbasin with string.
Another victim was plied with expensive gifts to buy her silence while Bolton repeatedly raped her.
After the jury’s verdicts, Bolton’s barrister, Richard Canning, said his client had been diagnosed with early stage dementia but a psychiatrist had found him fit to plead to stand his trial.
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