A paedophile who committed sex offences against three young girls has been jailed for 11 years at Lincoln Crown Court.
Barry Johnson committed serious offences against a young girl in the late 1990s before carrying out attacks a decade later on two other girls in the Grantham area.
Johnson, 50, formerly of Grantham but now living in St Giles Avenue, Sleaford, admitted a total of nine charges of sexual assault involving the three girls.
The offences took place between November 1997 and July last year.
Judge Michael Heath told him “The sentence reflects your overall criminality.
“This was for your own sexual gratification. The effects of what you have done are incalculable.
“You accept that you have a sexual interest in children and you recognise that you need professional help.
“The probation reports says you are a high risk of causing serious harm through sexual offending against little girls. I take the view that you are dangerous.”
Johnson was made the subject of an order banning him for life from having unsupervised contact with any girl under the age of 16.
He was also banned from working with children and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.
The court heard one of the victims was just seven years old when Johnson abused her. The others were aged nine and 10.
Phil Howes, prosecuting, told the court that at first Johnson denied the allegations claiming he felt “sick to the stomach” and “disbelief”.
In a victim impact statement one of the girls said she felt “numb” and “sick” and could not move on with her life.
Mr Howes added: “He suggested the girls were lying.”
In mitigation the court was told Johnson had no previous convictions and had now admitted his guilt.