A VICTIM of a York paedophile who abused seven girls has finally got justice 19 years after she first made a complaint about the abuse to police.

Former Nestlé worker John William Robinson, 57, was yesterday jailed at York Crown Court for six years after earlier admitting a total of 14 counts of sexually abusing three girls of primary school age.

Robinson, of Walmer Carr, Wigginton, pleaded guilty to six indecent assaults against one victim, three against another and five against a third. The offences occurred between 1996 and 1999.

He has already served a seven-year sentence - in August 2012 he was jailed for seven years for seven charges of child abuse and indecent assault against four other girls committed in his then home in Haxby starting in 1998

Caroline Wigin, prosecuting, said one of the victims of the current prosecution had an alcoholic and violent father who had left her in Robinson’s care while he babysat. She had suffered daily abuse from Robinson.

Ms Wigin said the abuse of the girls was brought to the attention of the police in 1998 when the victim’s aunt went to police and Robinson was arrested and interviewed. However the prosecution (CPS) felt there wasn’t sufficient detailed and reliable evidence and in 2000 it decided no further action should be taken.

The victim again went to the police in 2012 when Robinson was jailed for abusing the four other girls. Ms Wigin said: “She rang the police when she heard about them. She was told to move on with her life.

“She blames herself for not stopping the defendant from abusing other girls. She phoned again and the current prosecution began.”

In a statement read out to the court the victim said she feels anger towards John Robinson and asks if only he had told the truth in 1998.

“It has taken 19 years but I finally feel some justice,” she says.

She adds she is not confident, often feels unsafe because she knows people are capable of doing horrible things and is unable to form relationships with men and expects she will be single all her life. She feels anxious for the safety of her own child.

Robinson’s barrister Michael Rawlinson said the only piece of mitigation he could offer is that Robinson has pleaded guilty.

Robinson had written a letter that the judge had seen to say he had himself been sexually abused as a child whilst in a local authority boys’ home in Scarborough from the age of 13.

On sentencing Judge Paul Batty QC told Robinson: “The efforts of one of the victims were not listened to but she persisted very bravely and finally the authorities have proceeded in the prosecution of you for your offences.

“These represent gross and persistent abuse of young children. Friends, family and the children trusted you and you breached that trust in the grossest, possible way and to the most devastating effect.

“We have heard a moving personal statement from one of your victims and the effect that your offending has had on her. It has been life-changing, the fact she doesn’t trust men is down to you.

“She looked to her father for protection but she did not receive it. It took her aunt to go to the police in 1998 but you bluffed your way out of it..

“You continued to go on abusing children until 2012. As a consequence of the earlier decisions you made you have been able to go on and reoffend again and again and again. Plainly you should have had the courage to admit those matters a long time ago. You finally made admissions about the complaints in 2014.”

On sentencing Robinson to six years jail, Judge Batty said he had to take into account what his sentence might have been in totality for all the offences when he was jailed in 2012 had the judge been aware of all the facts. His name will remain on the sex offenders’ register for an indefinite period..

Robinson worked for Nestle for 31 years and has lived in and around York for almost 20 years.

An NSPCC spokesperson said: “Robinson is clearly a danger to children and his sentence reflects the seriousness of his crimes.

“His campaign of abuse against vulnerable children is truly horrific.

“Treatment must form part of a sentence to mitigate any risk he may pose when he is released.

“Anyone with concerns about a child can contact the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 8005000, children can call Childline on 0800 1111.”