A VILE paedo who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl as he did work at her family home has been jailed.
Kevin Sillcox, 63, touched the youngster in her bedroom after she came upstairs to play.
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The predator also exposed himself to the girl and removed her underwear.
His sick crimes were exposed two years later when the victim asked if the “bad man” was coming back and revealed what Sillcox had done.
He has now been jailed for four years at Newport Crown Court after being found guilty of sexually touching a child aged under 13.
In a victim impact statement, the girl’s dad told how he tried to take his own life after discovering what Sillcox did to his daughter.
He said: “I am reliving the incident again and felt unable to help my daughter when she was in distress.
“We no longer feel safe in our own home. I feel I no longer know my daughter. She is less trusting and pulls away from me.”
The girl’s mum added: “The actions of Sillcox have greatly affected me and my daughter’s life. Since he committed this crime I have been unable to sleep at night and I’m constantly afraid it will happen again.
“I am no longer able to trust people as before. It’s torn me to pieces, I’ve never felt so isolated and alone…The trauma has made me feel things I had never felt.
“I cry all the time and find it hard to get my head around how he came into my home and did this to the most vulnerable person in the house, my beautiful daughter.”
Sillcox denied the offences, claiming the attack had been “fabricated”.
As well as a prison sentence, he was also made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Sentencing, Recorder Greg Bull KC said: “The effect on (the victim) and her parents has been significant, she has seemed to have a changed personality and is no longer the child she was.
“You have shown no remorse and chose to plead not guilty as was your right. You said it was a concocted allegation against you. I reject that allegation by you.”
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