A pervert who sexually abused two girls in offences dating back 30 years has been jailed for three years nine months.

Alan Law groomed one of his victims and the abuse was to affect her whole emotional life, Maidstone Crown Court heard.

The 55-year-old lorry driver, of Torrington Road, Ashford, admitted 10 charges of indecent assault.

Eloise Marshall, prosecuting, said the offences dated back to 1979 when Law was in his 20s.

Law showed both girls sexual positions in magazines and persuaded them to act them out on the floor. He also molested them.

Judge Charles Macdonald QC told Law: “These were persistent offences, taking place over a number of years.”

There were “distasteful activities” such as Law watching one of the girls dancing semi-naked.

A 15-page statement by one of the victims, he said, showed it was no exaggeration to state Law had caused significant disruption to her entire emotional state.

The other girl had also suffered mentally.

Judge Macdonald said Law’s levels of victim awareness remained low.

He was placed on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.