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29 November 2010
Last updated at 08:18 ET
A man involved in a paedophile ring which police say abused dozens of girls has been jailed for 18 years.
James Machin, 54, from Falmouth, was found guilty last week at Truro Crown Court of 10 sex offences relating to girls under 13.
He abused two girls passed on to him by another member of the ring.
During sentencing, Judge Christopher Elwin described Machin, who had denied the charges, as "evil, predatory and degenerate".
Three men abused the same two girls, the court heard.
John Barrett, 49, from the Camborne area, abused two girls, who were aged five and seven when the crimes first started, and passed them on to John Wrey and Machin to do the same.
Victims given drugs Barrett was jailed for 14 years and 6 months in 2008 for 16 sexual offences.
Wrey, 55, from Hayle, who was arrested at the same time as Barrett, is serving a five-and-a-year sentence for his part in the abuse after he was also convicted in 2008.
The court heard the men left messages for each other in public toilets.
The jury was also told that Barrett and Machin took two young girls to a house at Flushing, near Falmouth, where they abused them.
The girls were given cigarettes and sometimes had to sniff drugs during their ordeals.
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James Machin, 54, from Falmouth, was found guilty last week at Truro Crown Court of 10 sex offences relating to girls under 13.
He abused two girls passed on to him by another member of the ring.
During sentencing, Judge Christopher Elwin described Machin, who had denied the charges, as "evil, predatory and degenerate".
Three men abused the same two girls, the court heard.
John Barrett, 49, from the Camborne area, abused two girls, who were aged five and seven when the crimes first started, and passed them on to John Wrey and Machin to do the same.
Victims given drugs Barrett was jailed for 14 years and 6 months in 2008 for 16 sexual offences.
Wrey, 55, from Hayle, who was arrested at the same time as Barrett, is serving a five-and-a-year sentence for his part in the abuse after he was also convicted in 2008.
The court heard the men left messages for each other in public toilets.
The jury was also told that Barrett and Machin took two young girls to a house at Flushing, near Falmouth, where they abused them.
The girls were given cigarettes and sometimes had to sniff drugs during their ordeals.
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