The husband of a £3 million Omaze winner has been jailed for a 13-year-long string of sex attacks.
Anthony Doyle, 67, preyed on his victims who were aged between seven and 12 years old.
An investigation into him was launched after one of his victims, aged 15, broke down in school and said he had repeatedly sexually assaulted her.
When his phone was seized, it was found that he had secretly recorded her multiple times and had done the same to another girl, who was 13 at the time.
The 13-year-old was unaware she had been filmed until the police told her, leaving her feeling ’embarrassed and objectified.’
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A third victim, whose abuse dates back more than ten years, was groped regularly by Doyle when she was as young as nine years old.
When she was a few years older, he kissed her on the lips using his tongue and touched her breasts.
She said the abuse had a ‘massive effect’ on her mental health, confidence and ability to trust men.
After his arrest in April, police found 179 indecent pictures and 137 indecent videos featuring children.
Birmingham Crown Court heard of Doyle’s four counts of sexual assault, two counts of voyeurism and one count of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
He also admitted to two counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of making indecent images of children.
He has been jailed for six years and three months – a sentence that relatives of his victims have slammed.
One said: ‘He is given less years in prison than what he spent abusing. The courts just don’t seem able to deliver proper sentences.
‘His victims will need counselling, it will affect them all their lives and change how they interact with men and yet he’ll be out in a couple of years.’
Another said: ‘He will be out when he’s 70 and still have maybe 20 more years of life. His victims will live with what he’s done forever.’
Judge Peter Carr said a similar thing to Doyle: ‘Your victims will have to live with the effects of what you have done to them for far longer than this court will be able to sentence you to.’
A previous sentencing hearing was adjourned after Doyle cast doubt over his own confessions to a probation officer.
Doyle’s defence counsel, Harinderpaul Dhami, said: ‘He wishes to apologise to the court, the complainants and their families for the anxiety caused by his offending and the protracted nature of the sentencing exercise.’
Doyle’s wife of 47 years, Rose, won a £3 million dream Cornish home in the Omaze lottery along with £100,000 in cash last year.
At the time of their big win, the couple toasted with champagne and spoke of their plans to retire and spoil their family.
Rose, a former dinner lady and sales worker from Birmingham, is now divorcing her husband.
She was also previously arrested for alleged sexual offences, but police dropped the case against her with no further action.
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