A man has been jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of sexually abusing children.

Police first launched an investigation into 67-year-old Graham Cockerill in 2022 following reports he had sexually assaulted three women when they were children.

The first victim, who was under 13 at the time, reported assaults by Cockerill taking place in the Coventry area between 2016 and 2022.

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Another victim made themselves known to investigators and reported offences by Cockerill throughout the 1970s, when she was aged between nine and 14, in the Meriden area.

A third victim was identified but she sadly passed away, aged in her 40s, and had never reported the offences to police.

In June

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