A PENSIONER who treated two young boys he abused as “sexual toys” has been jailed.
Exeter Crown Court heard 70-year-old Raymond Warren kept his guilty sex secrets for nearly a quarter of a century.
One of his victims was so traumatised he contemplated killing himself, the court was told.
Jailing him for eight years, Judge Graham Cottle said: “These 30 charges involve protracted, prolonged and serious sexual abuse over a period of nine years.
“They represent a gross breach of trust and you proceeded to use your victims as sexual toys.
“The effect on one of them has been enormous and such was the misery he experienced when recalling what had happened to him that he wanted to take his own life.”
Warren admitted a total of 30 sex offences involving two young boys over many years during the 1970s and 1980s.
The charges related to indecent assaults, gross indecency and other serious sex offences.
Prosecutor Mary McCarthy said the offences only came to light quite recently when one of the victims went to the police.
The prosecutor said Warren took advantage of both boys over the prolonged period and committed serious sex offences.
He showed one of the boys pornographic videos prior to the sex acts taking place.
The boys were aged 11 and 12 when the abuse started and when one of them cried out in pain because of what Warren was doing to him, the defendant ignored him and carried on.
Miss McCarthy said one of the victims, in an impact statement, had said the offences had serious repercussions and he had regular thoughts of killing himself. He also had strong views as to what he might do to Warren should the defendant retain his liberty.
The court heard while Warren was keeping secret what he had done to the boys, he was cautioned in 1999 for sex offences involving a 12-year-old girl.
In mitigation, defence counsel Rupert Taylor said Warren had admitted the offences as soon as he was questioned and had saved the victims from having to come to court and relive their ordeals with the possibility they might not be believed.
Mr Taylor said because of the offences Warren’s family life had been destroyed and he now had little left to lose.
He was ashamed and embarrassed by what he had done and accepted custody was inevitable.
In addition to the prison sentence Warren, of Salisbury Avenue, Torquay, was ordered to sign on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life and banned from working with children.
He was also prohibited from associating with children under 16 unless supervised by an adult.
Judge Cottle warned Warren that when he was released his activities and movements would be closely monitored by the authorities
