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| John Regan pictured in the Teesdale Mercury in 1998 |
A FORMER dale sports coach has been sentenced to 24 years in jail for a string of historical sex offences including the rape of a child.
John Regan, of South Road, High Etherley, was sent down at Durham Crown Court this morning (January 4).
The 66-year-old was found guilty of 11 charges back in November involving the abuse of two girls aged nine and 14 in the 1970s.
The jury were unanimous in finding him guilty on four counts of rape, four counts of indecent assault and three counts of gross indecency.
He was well known for forming Teesdale Gymnastics Club in the 1990s - years after the abuse took place.
Regan will also sign the sex offenders' register for life.
Full story in next week's Teesdale Mercury.
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