He pulled her onto a bench and the floor and tried to rape her
A teenager who lured a nine-year-old girl to a church and attempted to rape her has finally faced justice over 40 years later.
Horrifically, the girl even called to him for help before realising it was he was attacking her. After letting her go, Connor told her: "Remember, I can always come back and do that again." "I really didn't want to be in this world, knowing he would always coming back to do it again. I still have fear, looking over my shoulder. His words hurt me mentally." She added that she saw Connor "about four or five years ago" when he went to her house and said he worked for the council.
The woman said Connor "no longer has her voice." She added: "It was difficult reliving these events but I said I need closure from this. Life for him continued as normal as if I never existed and he never took my innocence. I feel I'm strong enough to show him I matter. All of my dreams were diminished, my confidence shattered. I have never been the same since that day."
Gillian Batts, mitigating, said a number of references had been put forward to the court speaking well of Connor. She added that at the time of the offences, the maximum sentence he would have served would have been seven years for attempted rape.
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