Adrian Austin Jailed 17 Years for 11 Child Sex Offences After EMDR Memory Corroboration
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 10
Adrian Austin Jailed 17 Years for 11 Child Sex Offences After EMDR Memory Corroboration
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 10
Summary
Manchester Crown Court jailed Adrian Austin, 45, for 17 years in July after jurors convicted him of 11 offences against his half-sisters between 1997 and 2001.
Six counts involved sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, alongside four indecent assaults and one count of indecency; police said Mellissa Arkwright’s EMDR therapy recovered a specific memory that became key corroboration at trial.
That evidence was reinforced by a 1997 police video interview found on a VHS tape in storage and by Nikita Dallison’s description of Austin’s flat, which matched housing records despite his denials.
Greater Manchester Police said the original 1997 investigation should have gone further and apologized, while the sisters waived anonymity to say reporting the abuse finally brought relief and ended years of family silence.