A landlord who forced a teenage girl to "pay" for her rent with sexual favours has been jailed for four years.
His name is John Tatton, 62. Formerly of Rochdale but now of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
He sexually abused a 15-year-old who lived at
the house he owned in Heywood, Greater Manchester, over the course of
six months.
At Bolton Crown Court he was convicted of five offences of sexual activity with a child and one of sexual assault.
The victim had become friends with a group of girls who had chaotic lifestyles involving alcohol, drugs and eventual sexual exploitation.
She moved into the house in Heywood with a number of these
girls, and that is when Tatton told her she could not live rent-free and
must pay for her stay with sexual favours.
Police said she had been reluctant but was coerced by Tatton.