Man, 75, jailed for 24 child abuse offences against five girls
Ronald Pearson abused five girls in North Yorkshire
A 75-year-old man from North Yorkshire has been jailed after being found guilty of 24 non-recent child abuse offences.
The court heard how Ronald Pearson abused four girls over the past two decades in the Ryedale area.
The victims were aged between 5 and 18.
He also abused another victim, who was under the age of 14, more than 30 years ago.
Pearson was found guilty of:
- three counts of rape of a female under 16
- sexual assault on a female
- assault of a girl under 13 by touching
- assault of a girl under 13 by penetration with a part of your body/a thing
- indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14
- causing or inciting a girl under 13 to engage in a non-penetrative sexual activity
- engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl 13-15
He's been sentenced to 27 years in prison, made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders register for life.