Sickening Sheffield pervert raped girl, five, and filmed his crimes on mobile phone

Now, Darrell Nelson, 22, of Meadow Head, is in prison after police investigated his actions, leading his his conviction at Sheffield Crown Court.

The young girl who was his victim bravely disclosed earlier this year that Nelson had been carrying out his sexual acts and an investigation was immediately launched.

South Yorkshire Police said specialist officers interviewing the girl were able to obtain strong evidence of Nelson abusing her, giving him no choice but to plead guilty.

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At court, he admitted to raping a five-year-old girl and having possession of indecent images and movies that involved his victim.

Described by the investigating officers as ‘a story of nightmares’ they heard how Nelson had scared his victim into not telling anyone about his acts and stored videos of him abusing her on his mobile phone.

During her interviews with police, the victim described to officers feeling ‘frozen’ and ‘scared’.

Investigating Officer PC Jane Guest, from the Sheffield Protecting Vulnerable People Team, said: “The little girl at the heart of this investigation has showed immense bravery throughout. She is a courageous little girl.

“The sickening actions of Nelson is something no child should have to endure, and no family should have to live through.

“I would like to reassure anyone suffering sexual abuse or violence, that we are here for victims; we are here to ensure dangerous offenders are put behind bars. Do not be afraid to speak out.”

Nelson appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday (July 15) and was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison, with an additional six years for being a dangerous offender, bringing his total sentence to 20 years and three months.

He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.