Paul Bryant A high-risk sex offender who groomed and sexually assaulted a year-old girl has been jailed as part of a 17 year extended sentence.
Paul Bryant, 43, bought sex toys to abuse the youngster and encouraged her to go on the contraceptive pill as part of calculating and manipulative behaviour. Kings Lynn Crown Court was told his behaviour was part of a plan to coerce the girl into sexual activity over a number of weeks. There was a significant degree of pre-planning formulated at least six weeks before the offences that constituted a clear plan for sex, he added.
Bryant, who lived in south Norfolk at the time of the offences, had denied the charges but was found guilty of assault by penetration of a child under 13 and two counts of making indecent images of children following a trial.
The search history of his phone, seized when he was arrested in March , showed he had trawled for films of young girls using terms including petite sweetie and child model parties. In a statement read in court the south Norfolk girl said she suffered flashbacks and a sense of feeling sick and disgusted. Her mother added that his actions had a significant impact and she had lost her childhood innocence.
Sentencing Bryant, from Haddenham, near Ely, to an extended sentence made up of 11 years in prison and a further six years on licence, Judge Andrew Shaw told him: There is no doubt in my mind this was calculating and manipulative. Imposing a lifetime sexual harm prevention order, he said he continued to pose a high risk to children.
