Depraved sexual predator, 58, who abused three girls over four decades is jailed for 22 years after being caught sending explicit snap to schoolgirl
- Russell Yeomans, 58, sent the girl an explicit photo later found by her school
- The find led to two more victims, now grown up, contacting investigating police
- Officers discovered Yeoman’s sick crimes dated back to the 1970s and 1980s
- He was convicted of 14 offences at Nottingham Crown court & jailed for 22 years
A depraved sexual predator who abused three girls over four decades has been jailed for 22 years after he was caught sending an explicit photo to a schoolgirl.
Russell Yeomans, 58, sent the indecent image to the child in 2019, setting in place a chain of events that would eventually see him brought to justice.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the victim was encouraged to speak to support staff at her school after the picture was discovered on her phone.
She then revealed several harrowing incidents of sexual abuse at an address in Nottinghamshire.
Detectives launched an investigation and later received additional complaints from two further victims.
The women, now adults, said Yeomans abused them in the 1970s and 80s.
‘Manipulative sexual predator’ Russell Yeomans has been jailed for 22 years after being convicted at Nottingham Crown Court
One of the victims revealed a pattern of sexual abuse starting when she was a seven-year-old and she was raped three times as a teenager.
Yeomans, of Wilford, Nottingham, refused to comment in his first police interview and denied all the allegations against him.
He later admitted to sending the explicit image, one count of causing a child to watch / look at an image of sexual activity and inciting a girl under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
He was convicted by a jury of a total of 14 further offences following a two week trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
They included two sexual assault of a child under 13, eight indecent assaults on a child under 14, three rapes and one act of gross indecency with a child under 14.
Yeomans was jailed for 22 years on Friday and will also have to serve a further five years on licence when he is released.
Detective Constable Paula Wilson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: ‘Yeomans is a manipulative sexual predator whose shocking abuse was finally exposed after he sent an explicit image of himself to one of his victims.
‘By doing this he unwittingly set in place a chain of events that have quite rightly culminated in a very lengthy custodial sentence.
The case was heard at Nottingham Crown Court (pictured)
‘The picture he sent to the victim proved to be the catalyst for three separate victims to come forward independently with very detailed allegations of abuse – much of which happened a very long time ago.
‘Their bravery and determination was absolutely crucial to the success of this prosecution and I am delighted that they have now received justice.
‘I would also like to pay tribute to the professionalism and good practice displayed by staff at the latest victim’s school, who followed safeguarding procedures to the letter and allowed us to gather very compelling evidence at an early stage.
‘Taking into account Yeoman’s pattern of behaviour over a very long period of time I have no doubt that his campaign of abuse would have continued had he not been exposed and convicted for his appalling crimes.
‘To any other victims of historic sexual assault I would like to say this – it is never too later to come forward.
‘Regardless of how long ago things happened we will listen to you, we will investigate and we will do our very best to get justice for you.’
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