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Man guilty of child sex attacks

12:54pm Thursday 9th August 2007

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A Pembroke Dock man is facing a long prison sentence after a jury convicted him of 21 serious sex offences against five different young girls.

As the police closed in on David Hanratty, 39, he took an overdose of tablets and was arrested inside Withybush hospital.

The offences included charges of rape and sexual assault.

Swansea crown court heard how Hanratty, who lived in Vetch Close, Pembroke Dock at the time but who recently moved to a flat in Bush Street, Haverfordwest, used to drive children to school for a living.

The jury took more than two days before returning verdicts of guilty to every charge.

See next week's Western Telegraph for the full story.

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ANON, pembroke dock says...
9:28pm Thu 9 Aug 07

PEOPLE LIKE HIM SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR LIFE. AS THE SAYING GOES ONCE A SEX ABUSER ALWAYS A SEX ABUSER. CASTRATE HIM AND ALL OTHERS WHO DO THE SAME

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jessica gammer, pembroke says...
2:38am Sun 12 Aug 07

i was 1 of those victims ok
and it was goin on from the age of 7 til june 06 and now im 17

so nearly 10 years

if you are going through something similar please feel free to contact me because i understand how you feel. contact me on jesshanratty@tiscali
.co.uk

please feel free
XXXXXXXXX

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Owen Davies, Bufferland says...
4:54pm Tue 14 Aug 07

Jess, be careful whom you start conversing with. Especially since you have just handed out your email address for anyone to use.
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As for the disgusting individual in question: send him to the gallows or castrate him. But oh wait! The liberal-left and the goody-two-shoes bunch would see that as a violation of his ‘human rights’. Perhaps they should consider the human rights of the young children that could be attacked when this twisted guy returns to our streets after serving his pampering, whoops! I meant sentence – these days you cannot tell the difference .

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Disgusted, Formally Pembroke Dock says...
1:15pm Wed 15 Aug 07

This waste of skin, should lose the years that he has forceably taken from these children. We all know it wont be like that and he will get the benefit of any free advice, training and whatever the rest of the goody twoshoes throw at him. He befriended these children then hurt them in the worst way possible, he maliciously planned it. He should be given to the mothers not molly coddled.

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?????, swansea says...
9:25pm Tue 4 Sep 07

i was on the jury for this case. there was no doubt in my mind that this man wasn't guilty. he should rot in jail. jess be strong.
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