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Ryan Trevor Clegg, 42, who was part of the ‘Evil 8’ pedophile ring, has pleaded guilty to numerous child sexual abuse charges. Picture: Colin Murty
A MAN has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a girl who was raped and pimped out by her own father.
Ryan Trevor Clegg admitted to 61 charges in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday including five counts of indecent dealing with a child, four counts of sexual penetration of a child and 48 counts of indecently recording a child.
He was one of seven men, including the girl’s father, charged last year with committing hundreds of sex crimes against her when she was aged between 11 and 13.
Clegg had his bail renewed to appear in the West Australian District Court on September 30 when a sentencing date will be set.
Earlier this year the girl’s father, who cannot be named, was sentenced to 22-and-a-half years in jail after admitting to raping his daughter and arranging for her to have sexual activities with six men.
The father has lodged an appeal against his sentence, claiming it is too harsh.
Photographer Benjamin Simon Clarke was previously jailed for three years over his involvement in the girl’s abuse, while former pastor and father-of-two, Dawid Volmer, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years.
Three other men are still facing charges.