A church worker from Saltford, found guilty of committing 13 sex crimes on a child, has continued to protest his innocence, reports the Bristol Post.
Christian youth worker Philip Stephen Barlow, 33, denied the sexual abuse charges and has claimed his trial was mishandled by a "biased" judge.
Barlow, of Raleigh Close in Saltford, near Bath, had been facing a second trial, having previously had convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal.
Earlier this week, senior judges at London's Criminal Appeal Court, heard arguments that he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
In 2015 Bournemouth Crown Court heard that Barlow's abuse of the girl was uncovered when he "effectively admitted" what he had done in a Facebook conversation.
Sentencing him, Judge Peter Johnson told Barlow he had a "manipulative, controlling personality".
Throughout the trial, he had shown "staggering arrogance and hypocrisy, overlaid by false humility".
The judge added that Barlow considered himself a "charismatic charmer who could do no wrong".
He was in fact a "hypocrite, liar and a paedophile".
Barlow's lawyers have again launched a challenge to his convictions at London's Appeal Court.
On Friday April 29, they argued that Judge Johnson had shown "bias" against Barlow in the way he summed up the case to the jury.
Lord Justice Lloyd Jones said: "The real complaint is that the judge didn't give a balanced view of the competing submissions."
But he added: "We reject that complaint.
"It is said that the judge spent too long reminding the jury of the prosecution arguments and not enough time on the defence arguments.
"But he did remind the jury of the defence case, albeit in summary form.
"The jury considered the case for and against Barlow count by count and brought in careful verdicts".
The appeal judge added: "We are surprised that counsel found it necessary to make a serious allegation against the judge of bias.
"It is not an allegation that should ever have been made," he concluded, dismissing the appeal.
