UNITED KINGDOM
Guardian
Steven Morris and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 6 March 2012
A former church organist sexually abused two young girls over a 10-year period, a court has heard. Nigel Parkin, 56, allegedly befriended both girls and warned them they would not be believed if they told anyone what he had done.
Married Parkin, from Somerset, is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting and raping one girl, from the age of nine until she was 16. He allegedly indecently assaulted a second girl on two occasions when she was aged between 11 and 13.
Taunton crown court heard that neither of the girls had told anyone about the alleged abuse at the time. Police were only alerted when the younger girl, now aged 19, confided in her headteacher in August 2010.
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