{"id":20048,"date":"2021-09-27T06:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20048"},"modified":"2021-09-27T06:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T10:20:35","slug":"ex-rochdale-footballer-jailed-for-24-years-for-child-rapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/09\/27\/ex-rochdale-footballer-jailed-for-24-years-for-child-rapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Rochdale footballer jailed for 24 years for child rapes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A footballer has been jailed for 24 years for “gruesome” sex attacks on six victims as young as seven.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jonathan Diba-Musangu, 23, who used to be on Rochdale AFC’s books, raped the seven-year-old girl in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) also said he raped a 12-year-old girl at a summer camp four years later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was jailed at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for 12 offences including three counts of rape of a child under 13 and two counts of rape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Diba-Musangu, of Fernhurst Street, Chadderton, was also convicted of two counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and three counts of sexual activity with a child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said he met most of his victims through a church in Rochdale where he taught Sunday school and music classes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He also worked in focus groups for young adults alongside his budding career as a footballer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Diba-Musangu, a semi-professional goalkeeper for Rochdale AFC in the mid to late-2010s, was arrested in 2018 when he played for Mossley FC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Det Insp Julie Maxwell, of GMP, said: “It’s taken immense bravery for these victims to come forward and cooperate with us as we pieced together his gruesome acts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Diba-Musangu abused his position of power within the church and may well have had a successful footballing career ahead of him before the work of detectives have led to where he is now – behind bars.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An NSPCC spokesperson said: “The victims in this case have lived with the devastating impact of being abused as young girls by Diba-Musangu. “<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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