A 51-year-old Shrewsbury man has been found guilty of 11 counts of indecent assault on a young girl over a ten-year period But David Fanning, of Wingfield Close, was cleared by a jury at the town’s crown court of six counts of raping the same victim. He had been accused of carrying out the abuse between 1999 and 2009 when the girl, now 19 and who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged between just four and 13 years old Fanning had denied the 11 charges of indecent assault and six charges of rape which forced the victim to give evidence in court. The court heard that police began their investigation last year after the girl reported the abuse. Judge Peter Barrie adjourned the case for probation to carry out a pre-sentence report. Fanning, who kept his head bowed and barely moved while the verdicts were read out by the foreman of the jury, was bailed to appear back for sentence at the same court on a date to be fixed after December 8
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:15:00 +0000
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