A CRIPPED predator who raped his granddaughter and aborted her when she was just 12 has died in prison.
Raymond Hodges preyed on the five-year-old after he offered to babysit her while her mom worked.
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Raymond Hodges died in prisonCredit: Media Wales
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Charlotte Wade, pictured at age 12, exposes abuser HodgesCredit: HotSpot Media
He was jailed for 25 years in 2017 after being convicted of 24 offenses against Charlotte Wade, who bravely gave up her anonymity to speak out about the abuse.
It was revealed today that Hodges, 78, died in February while serving his sentence at HMP Usk in Monmouthshire.
His cause of death was listed as natural causes after he suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Hodges was Charlotte’s stepfather and traveled to her home in Wales once a month to stay with her.
Monstrum first raped her when she was six years old after he moved from Essex to be closer to his family.
When Charlotte became pregnant at just 12 years old, Hodges pinned her down and performed a painful abortion himself.
She bravely reported him to the police in 2016 after years of horrific abuse.
The following year, Hodges denied all but four of the charges against him – meaning Charlotte was forced to relive the ordeal of the trial.
He was found guilty of the remaining 20 counts and later sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Sentencing him, Judge Philip Harris-Jenkins said: “There was a long history of beatings, burns and burns to bring her under your control and there was further evidence of the sexual pleasure you took in dominating this poor child.”
Speaking in 2019, Charlotte told how she “fell on the floor” sobbing when she discovered her evil stepfather had been convicted.
She added: “Speaking up has helped me get ahead in life – and I want to encourage others to do the same.
“Maybe my sick grandfather deprived me of a happy childhood, but I refuse to let him ruin my future.
“I am slowly putting my life together. And it helps to know that he’s rotting behind bars – and that my evidence helped put him there.”
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