Depraved predator who raped his grandaughter and gave her abortion when she was 12 dies in prison

A TWISTED predator who raped his grandaughter and gave her an termination erstwhile she was conscionable 12 has died successful prison.

Raymond Hodges preyed the youngster from the property of 5 aft offering to babysit portion her mum was work.

He was jailed for 25 years successful 2017 aft being convicted of 24 offences against Charlotte Wade, who bravely waived her anonymity to talk retired astir the abuse.

It was contiguous revealed Hodges, 78, died successful February portion serving his condemnation astatine HMP Usk successful Monmouthshire.

His origin of decease was fixed arsenic earthy causes aft helium suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Hodges was Charlotte's stepdad's dada and would question to her location successful Wales erstwhile a period to enactment with her.

The monster raped her for the archetypal clip erstwhile she was six aft helium moved from Essex to beryllium person to the family.

When Charlotte became large aged conscionable 12, Hodges' pinned her down and performed an excruciating termination himself.

She bravely reported him to the police successful 2016 aft suffering years of horror abuse.

The pursuing year, Hodges denied each but 4 charges against him - meaning Charlotte was forced to relive the ordeal astatine a trial.

He was recovered blameworthy of the remaining 20 charges and aboriginal jailed for 25 years.

As helium was sentenced, Judge Philip Harris-Jenkins said: "There was a agelong history of beatings, scaldings, and burns done successful bid to taxable her to your power and determination was further grounds of intersexual pleasance you took from domineering this mediocre child.”

Speaking successful 2019, Charlotte told however she "fell to the floor" sobbing erstwhile she discovered her evil step-grandad had been convicted.

She added: "Speaking retired has helped maine determination guardant with my beingness – and I privation to impulse others to bash the same.

“My sick grandad whitethorn person deprived maine of a blessed childhood, but I garbage to fto him ruin my future.

“I’m slowing piecing my beingness backmost together. And it helps to cognize that he’s rotting down bars – and that my grounds helped to enactment him there.”