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Child's rapist jailed for 13 years
8:34am Saturday 10th May 2008
THE mother of a girl raped by a paedophile last night described her hatred for him after he was jailed for 13 years.
Dominic Hutchinson, 52, abused the woman's young daughter over a period of four years while he was living in Oxford.
He raped, sexually abused her and forced the girl to pose for indecent pictures, which he then told her he was posting on the Internet.
The victim's mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, welcomed the sentence, but said she was disgusted to learn Hutchinson could be released after six-and-a-half years with good behaviour.
She said she confronted her daughter after noticing a dramatic change in her behaviour and discovered what had happened.
The mother said: "She was acting really obnoxiously and I knew there was something not quite right. She turned around to face me and said he had touched her. I believed her - she doesn't lie.
"When she explained to me what had gone on, my world basically fell apart. I was totally devastated - I totally lost it, all I could do was cry."
The woman said she desperately wanted to confront Hutchinson about the abuse, but was told not to by police.
She said: "That's something that has bugged me from day one. I have never, ever, had the chance to stand in front of him and say 'Why?'.
"That has sickened me. I just wanted answers."
The mother, who sat in court to watch the sentencing with her daughter, explained she had been forced to change her name and move home after reporting the matter to police.
She said she and her daughter were planning to leave Oxford to start a new life elsewhere in the country.
Hutchinson, of Kidlington Road, Islip, was convicted of 21 charges, including indecent assault, sexual assault, serious sexual assault, rape, sexual activity with a child and taking, making and having indecent photos of children, after a trial at Oxford Crown Court in February.
The court heard Hutchinson had 103 indecent photographs and 102 indecent videos of children.
Hutchinson, who used to work for a car-part manufacturing firm in Banbury, was sentenced yesterday at Reading Crown Court.
The mother said: "I felt extremely guilty in the beginning, because I couldn't protect her. I just felt so bad I couldn't have been there for her.
"When it all came out, she couldn't sleep. Then she started having side-effects from what happened - temper tantrums, anger and resentment.
"She is now much more stable. She's happy and she has got rid of all the aggression. But I worry about how it will affect her relationships in the future.
"I really do hate him. I despise him. I would describe what he has done as evil."
Sentencing Hutchinson, Judge Mary Jane Mowat said: "You will remain on the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely and you will be prohibited indefinitely from working with children."
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