Jailed paedophile who raped and molested young girls dies after contracting Covid behind bars
06.07.2022 - 11:01
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A predatory paedophile who repeatedly raped a schoolgirl and molested another girl has died after contracting Covid-19 in prison.
John Adam, 71, became seriously ill while serving a 14 year sentence at HMP Wymott in Leyland, Lancashire, for abusing the girls, both under ten at the time. He was taken to hospital on November 3, 2021, and died on an acute respiratory ward on November 11, a watchdog reports has revealed.
His death prompted an investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), which published a Fatal Incident Report. PPO Sue McAllister concluded the care Adam received after falling ill was not equivalent to the care he would have received in the community and made a number of recommendations, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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Adam, formerly of Fidler Street in Thatto Heath, St Helens, was jailed in November 2019 after a jury at Liverpool Crown Court unanimously found him guilty of three counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault on two victims. The offences had taken place in Newton-le-Willows decades earlier, when Adam was in his late 30s.
The two girls lived with their secret for years but eventually found the courage to come forward in 2017 as adult women. Nicola Daley, prosecuting, told the court one victim suffered severe mental health problems after the abuse and even showed police scarring on her arms from self-harm as she gave a witness statement.
Ms Daley said: "She, towards the end of that statement, indicates particular ways in which she has been affected by way of clothing, self-esteem and not even liking to wear makeup. She indicates at the very end for 31 years she kept the matters to herself, fearing threats