A MAN who raped a schoolgirl almost daily for four years has been jailed for 13 years.
Anthony Jordan, 44, also attempted to rape another girl and sexually abused a third.
The crimes were committed over an 11-year period while their mothers were at bingo or out shopping.
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At the High Court in Glasgow Judge Lord Matthews told Jordan: “You were convicted of an appalling catalogue of abuse of young girls. One charge was particularly repellent, raping a girl when she was aged between 13 and 17 on almost a daily basis. It was an appalling ordeal for the young girl. It robbed her of her adolescent years.”
Jordan gave a thumbs-up to family members as he was led away to begin his sentence.
His victims sat sobbing in the courtroom.
His rape victim , who is now 24, told prosecutor Jane Farquharson: “I can’t remember if it was every day, but it happened whenever he had a chance to get to me.”
She described feeling scared and terrified the first time he raped her when she was just 12 and added: “I was feart to move.”
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons added: “Afterwards, I curled up in a ball and cried.”
Ms Farquharson told the High Court in Glasgow: “This is a young woman who had been groomed by the accused to satisfy his sexual deviance.”
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Jordan, of Siloch Square, Motherwell, attempted to rape another of his victims, but every time he tried she would kick out and scream.
His third victim was sexually abused after he began a “squeezing game “ with her.
Jordan was convicted of raping one girl, attempting to rape another and sexually abusing a third between 2003 and 2014 at houses in Wishaw and Motherwell and at a swimming pool in Motherwell.
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