A convicted paedophile who is on trial for killing Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway has told jurors he molested a girl to belittle and shame her after he was cleared of murdering the two girls.
Bishop denies sexually assaulting and strangling the pair in Wild park in 1986. He has already been convicted of abducting, sexually assaulting and trying to kill a seven-year-old, he told the Old Bailey that he was deeply ashamed of this attack.
He insisted that he was not a paedophile but was just angry at the hate campaign against him, so he thought he might as well do it…
In court:
Prosecutor Brian Altman QC asked: “This was all about revenge?”
Russell Bishop replied: “Partly.”
Mr Altman said: “So the attempted murder of [the girl] was born out of revenge by virtue of the three years of the hate you and your family suffered?
“You are portraying yourself as a victim.
“This offence was all about sexual gratification and you are a paedophile?”
Bishop then denied it.
Mr Altman continued and said: “You enjoy controlling children and one aspect of your control of children, particularly girls, is sexual gratification.”
Bishop said: “No, not in any way.”
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