Justice as 'predatory' Haringey paedophile is jailed (From Haringey Independent)

Justice as 'predatory' Haringey paedophile is jailed

11:49am Monday 9th November 2009

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A TOTTENHAM man who subjected two young boys to prolonged periods of sexual abuse was jailed for seven years on Friday.

Wayne Courtney, aged 29, was just 12-years-old himself when he first began abusing one of the boys at addresses in Hackney and Haringey in 1993.

But in 2007, he began sexual assaulting a second young boy at an address in Hornsey.

Courtney, of Forest Road, Tottenham, pleaded guilty in October 2009 to two counts of rape on a male child under the age of 13 and five counts of rape on a male child under the age of 16.

He was sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment and given an indeterminate public protection order at Wood Green Crown Court, in Lordship Lane.

The indeterminite sentence means he will only be released when a parole board decides he no longer poses a threat to the public.

Lawyer Hywel Ebsworth, of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) London, said: "Wayne Courtney is a predatory paedophile whose actions have impacted forever on the lives of his victims. I hope the sentencing provides them with some comfort.

"I would urge anyone who has suffered sexual abuse to come forward knowing that the police and CPS will take you seriously.

"These offences were committed against two victims almost a decade apart from one another. But thanks to the courage of the victims in making statements we were able to put together a strong case which I believe led the defendant to plead guilty and allowed us to successfully bring the perpetrator to justice."

The first victim to come forward was a boy assaulted between August 2007 and December 2007 at an address in Hornsey.

His disclosure led a second victim came forward who had suffered five years of abuse at the hands of Courtney at an address in Crouch Hill and another in Hackney between 1993 and 1998.

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