A PAEDOPHILE from Abingdon has been jailed for 22 years after being found guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl.

Michael O’Sullivan, of Eldridge Close, was found guilty of several counts of rape and indecent assault by a jury at Oxford Crown Court last week.

The offences occurred in the early 1980’s across Oxfordshire when the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was about 14 years old and O’Sullivan was in his late 30s.

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O’Sullivan, now 79, was found guilty of seven counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault. He was found not guilty of two counts of indecent assault.

He was jailed by Judge Michael Gledhill KC on Friday, December 8.