Paedophile who raped and sexually assaulted girls gets lengthy jail term
A paedophile who took advantage of two girls, raping one and sexually assaulting two, has been jailed for nine years.
Robert Norry appeared for sentencing at Shrewsbury Crown Court following a trial where he was convicted of nine counts - one of raping a girl under the age of 13 and several of sexual activity.
Norry, aged 36, had no previous convictions against his name but was found guilty after a five-day trial in June of the rape of a girl under 13, two sexual assaults of a girl under 13 by touching and six counts of sexual activity with a girl under 16.
The court heard how Norry sexually assaulted the two girls between December 2020 and February 2022.
The court was also told on Thursday that Norry, of Brereton, Brookside, in Telford, suffers from anxiety and depression and would be "more vulnerable than others" from a long period in prison.
But Judge Peter Barrie told Norry that he "took advantage of them to touch them sexually".
"The jury were sure that you did this," he said.
He told Norry that he had committed an abuse of trust "in the common sense definition that you were trusted not to abuse them", adding: "Adults should nurture and protect children rather than assaulting them."
For the attack on the girl aged under 13 the judge handed down a prison sentence of seven years.
For two counts related to assaults on the older girl he handed down two-year prison sentences to run concurrently to each other, but consecutively to the attack on the younger girl.
Counts three and four attracted two years in prison, to run concurrently.
For four counts of sexual touching the judge handed down four jail sentences of three months each, to run concurrently with each other and the main charge.
Judge Barrie told Norry that he would spend two thirds of his total nine-year jail sentence in custody.
And because he found him to be an "offender of particular concern" he added one year of additional licence to the sentence.
Norry has also been placed on the barred list for working with children, told that he will be under notification requirements without a time limit, placed on a sexual harm prevention order for 15 years and be under a restraining order for 15 years.
Detective Constable Cara Winfer, from Telford's Protecting Vulnerable People Team, speaking after the sentencing said: “I would like to thank the victims and family for their courage and bravery in telling the police about what happened and working with us throughout the investigation.
“Norry abused the trust of the girls and they now are having to live with the trauma his actions had upon them.
“I hope that if anything, this shows the public that the police will always strive to get some form of justice, and this sentence encourages victims to come forward and speak with the police.”