Glasgow man, who abused schoolgirl for 8 years, jailed

A baby-sitter who sexually abused and raped a schoolgirl was jailed for eight years. Jason Reilly, 46, from Glasgow, began abusing the girl from the age of four and then raped her when she was aged between 11 and 12.

At the High Court in Glasgow judge Lord Mulholland told Reilly: “You abused this girl for your own sexual gratification. She was very brave to come forward and tell someone what had happened to her.

“You robbed her of her childhood and you will now pay the price for that.”

Lord Mulholland told Reilly that he would have been jailed for 12 years, but fo his early guilty plea.

The offences took place at a flat in Glasgow's Castlemilk between 2001 and 2009.

The girl's mum later learned of the abuse and confronted Reilly.

She told him: “You will be expecting a visit from the police.”

The first offender pleaded guilty to rape as well as sexual abuse.

Prosecutor Stewart Ronnie told how the girl was “crying” as Reilly molested her.

She once described him as “minging”.

The rape occurred at a time between 2008 and 2009.

After Reilly was later challenged by the girl's mum, he went on to admit to a friend what he had done.

He was arrested in 2017 and told police: “I know what I've done is wrong, but you can't go back.”

Reilly was placed on the sex offenders register.

Defence counsel Susan Duff said: “Mr Reilly has learning difficulties. He knows what he has done is wrong and has accepted responsibility.