A 38-year-old man has been jailed for 11 years for the “calculated and wicked” sexual exploitation of a vulnerable young girl.

A judge told Michael Ackroyd he played sinister mind games with the child to make her feel isolated before abusing and raping her.

Ackroyd, of South Street, Keighley, was convicted by a jury of raping the girl twice and indecently assaulting her more than ten years ago.

In 2004, he was convicted of indecently assaulting another 11-year-old girl and jailed for eight months.

He was brought back to Bradford Crown Court for sentence today.

Judge Peter Benson told Ackroyd he abused the girl in “a sinister and disturbing way”.

He procured her silence by playing mind games to make her feel isolated. “This was calculated and wicked exploitation of a vulnerable child,” said Judge Benson.

He said Ackroyd, who stood in the dock with head bowed, manipulated the child for his own gratification.

“You showed absolutely no remorse and lied to the end,” said the judge.

Ackroyd must sign on as a sex offender for life and he was made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order prohibiting him from unsupervised contact with children.