Stuart Cox has been jailed for 21 year for a string of sexual offences (Image: Cleveland Police)

A depraved North East rapist has been jailed for carrying out the horrific sexual abuse of a child. Stuart Cox was found guilty of 14 charges of sexual offences by a jury in September.

Appearing in court via video link from HMP Holme House, the 63-year-old was jailed for 21 years and will serve an additional year on extended licence. The sex offender from Stockton continues to deny his horrifying crimes, Teesside Live reports.

In a heartbreaking personal statement, read out by prosecutor Paul Cleasby, the victim said: "Since the time of these crimes I have been isolated, keeping myself to myself. I didn't want to talk, I didn't want to open up. Throughout the years it has been a really lo

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