Andrew Lingard denied the historic sex offences, claiming he suffered from 'sexomnia' - a condition which makes sufferers unaware of what they do while asleep.
A rapist is set to spend 'year and years' in jail after being convicted of a horrific series of sex attacks.
During Lingard’s trial, the jury heard his offending only came to light after one of his young victims started self-harming years later and suffered a mental “meltdown” at horse stables where she was helping out. The boss of the stables gave evidence that as she sobbed uncontrollably, he phoned her older sister, Lingard’s then partner, who was then told about the sexual abuse.
They returned a majority verdict finding him guilty of similar behaviour towards the second 12-year-old – "tongue" kissing her on the neck, touching her private parts under her clothing, digitally penetrating her vagina, inducing her to touch his penis and attempting to touch her vagina under her clothing.
Lingard had lodged a special defence claiming his ex-partner had consented to all sexual activity with him. He was cleared of sexually assaulting the same partner by placing his hand inside her underwear and touching her private parts to check if they were wet after accusing her of cheating on him when the jury found the charge not proven.
He said the now 29-year-old girl’s older boyfriend called him a “prick” and said he looked forward to “having fun” with him. Lingard said he found out via Facebook that the man was the partner of his ex's sister and phoned her to ask about the threat. Lingard later sent the older woman a text saying: “God, I deserve all I have coming” and predicting he was going to spend “years and years in jail”.
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