"You carried on despite being investigated by police, and even had the affront to write to the chief con-stable claiming that officers were harassing you. "Not only do you not have any empathy for the victim, but you lacked any insight into the seriousness or consequences of your behaviour." Welcoming the sentence yesterday North Wales Police DI Wayne Jones said: "We can see from his previous convictions [when he stabbed someone seven times and tried electrocuting them] that he is a very controlling individual." Lawlor's defence counsel, Richard Orme, said Lawlor displayed all the hallmarks of a paedophile. He added: "Mr Lawlor accepts full responsibility for it, but it is also a case of him burying his head in the sand and failing to face up to what he has done." Lawlor's married neighbour, Gary Owen, 55, was the only one to pay for sex with the girl. He had a previous conviction for sex offences against a girl of 12, for which he was jailed for six years. Owen Edwards, defending, said his client knew what he did was "appalling." Mr Hughes, sentencing Owen to six years in prison, said: "It is clear you have very little, if any, consideration of how your behaviour has harmed the victim." | 
