Man found guilty of assaulting girl (6)

Court

Am an has been found guilty of multiple sexual offences against a girl who was sixyears-old at the time.

Matthew Loder ( 3 7 ) gained the trust of the victim’s family before sexually assaulting her multiple times.

When Loder was in custody his mobile phone was examined and officers discovered 18 indecent images of children, the majority graded category A– themost severe.

Loder, formerly of Kent Road in Huntingdon, pleaded not guilty to multiple rapes of a child under 13, multiple sexual assaults by penetration, sexual touching of a child under 16 and making indecent images of children.

On Monday, following a six-day trial at Peterborough Crown Court, a jury found Loder guilty of all of the charges.

Loder had previously pleaded guilty to a separate charge of sexual assault on another child who was aged eight at the time of the offence.

He will be sentenced at a later date.