Rapist paedophile made girl, 11, pregnant
BBCA paedophile who made an 11-year-old girl pregnant when he raped her has been jailed for 12 years.
The rapist, who a judge ruled cannot be identified, forced himself on the girl in the toilets at a holiday caravan park in Northumberland in 2024, Durham Crown Court heard.
The victim, who went on to give birth to a girl, said the man had ruined her past, present and future.
Judge Richard Clews said the man's actions were "appalling" and he "stole" the girl's childhood and innocence.
Having been deemed dangerous, he will have to serve a further four years on extended licence.
The judge ruled the man's name and details could not be published so as to protect the identity of his victim and the baby.
In the aftermath of the attack, the man made internet searches about how to get a child an abortion pill without their parents knowing, the court heard.
When confronted, the man said the girl was lying and he warned her he would go to jail if she said it was him.
A DNA test proved the man was the baby's father, the court heard.
'Never been so sad'
In a statement read to the court, the girl said she felt "sad, angry and hurt" and had no idea what to do about the baby in her "belly".
She said she would not wish what had happened to her on her worst enemy, adding: "I feel my life is ruined before I even got to live much of it."
The court heard the girl and her baby were now in care and she missed her family.
"Now I don't see the point in life," she said. "He has ruined it all from past, present to future.
"I have never been so sad in my life.
"All the happiness has washed away."
The girl said giving birth was "horrible" and she feared for her daughter's future.
"I love [my daughter] so much but I wish she was here in a different way and time," the girl said. "Her childhood is going to be ruined too."
'Cruel and horrible'
Judge Clews said it was "not an exaggeration to say" the man "stole [the girl's] childhood and innocence", adding he had "destroyed" her life and sent it down a path that was "irrevocably changed".
He said the extent of the damage caused by the man would take years to become clear and his actions were "appalling", "cruel" and "horrible".
The judge said: "I've no doubt that, as any mother would, [the girl] loves her child, but that is going to present her with significant difficulties as she and the child grow older.
"However much she loves the child, their presence will be a continual reminder of what [the man] did to her that night."
Restraining orders banning the man from contacting the girl or baby were made to last indefinitely, as was a sexual harm prevention order severely limiting his contact with children for the rest of his life.
He must also sign the sex offenders register until further order.