Child rapist called victim a “liar” in court as he was jailed for 20 years

A paedophile heckled the woman he abused as a child in court as she revealed the impact his crimes had on her. Kenneth Kavanagh was jailed for 20 years, decades after he raped a seven-year-old boy and sexually assaulted a girl when she was six.

The 74-year-old’s historic offences involved assaulting a girl and forcing her to watch him masturbate, Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. Kavanagh, of St Andrew’s Court in Ellesmere Port, also plied her with alcohol, The Liverpool Echo reports.

Kavanagh went on to rape a boy and forced him to perform sex acts upon him on multiple occasions. The predator “used violence against him to bend him to his will” and told him not to tell anyone about his abuse.

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The female complainant said in a statement to the court that Kavanagh's abuse had been her "first sexual experience", which had "shaped her life". She added: "You were disgusting and dirty.

"There were times in my adult life where alcohol played a part as a result of the abuse sustained from you. That was a coping mechanism for dealing with the trauma I had gone through as a result of you.

"I drank to stop the nightmares and block out the things you did to me. Every so often, I will binge drink to forget.

"It doesn't work. I suffer from panic attacks where I have a vision of your face.

"I often feel I can't function in those moments. I still have nightmares when I wake up and see your horrible face.

"I'm often convinced you are in my house and my partner has to check. I'm dreading you coming upstairs to my bedroom.

"I find it hard to trust anyone. I suffered in silence and crashed through my