locked up for rape of girl, 12
Former PCSO Michael Yardley.
A POLICE Community Support Officer has been jailed for 10 years for the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl.
Michael Yardley, who had worked as a PCSO as part of Sleaford neighbourhood policing team, had a seven month secret affair with the youngster until his wife Stephanie caught them cuddling on the sofa of their home.
Yardley, 35, of Haconby Lane, Morton, near Bourne, admitted raping the girl on October 27 2010 when she was 12 and four charges of sexual activity with a young girl.
He was jailed for 10 years and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Andrew Scott, prosecuting, told Lincoln Crown Court Yardley had got up early to go for a run but instead quietly let the girl into the house only to be caught later by his stunned wife when she came downstairs.
“She saw her husband with his arm around the girl’s shoulder stroking her neck. She stormed into the lounge and asked her husband what was going on.”
The pair said nothing but Mrs Yardley went upstairs and had a panic attack.
The couple soon split but she raised her suspicions with his employers which sparked an investigation and he quit his job.
l See page three for more on the case.
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