article_snippet: But a Manchester Crown Court trial heard Redvers Barnard was a 'terrifying' figure who manipulated and abused young girls in Greater Manchester over a twenty-year period.
article_snippet: Redvers Barnard, pictured, has been jailed for 22 years for abusing young girls over a three decades .
article_snippet: Then Redvers Barnard took indecent photographs of the youngster.
article_snippet: By that time, Redvers Barnard was also abusing two other young girls.
article_snippet: Manchester Crown Court heard that Redvers Barnard raped one of two other young girls and forced the second one into lewd acts.
article_snippet: Redvers Barnard also abused three other young girls at addresses in Salford, bringing the total number of victims to six.
article_snippet: Barnard, 56, formerly of Eccles, was branded a dangerous offender by the judge shortly after being found guilty of abusing the judge six victims, who were as young as four when the abuse began.
article_snippet: Manchester Crown Court, pictured,  heard that Redvers Barnard must serve at least two-thirds of the judge 22-year sentence .
article_snippet: Barnard, who was last living in Middlesbrough, Teesside, has now been jailed for 22 years, with an extended licence period for the public protection.
article_snippet: In total, Redvers Barnard was found guilty of three rapes and sixteen indecent assaults.
article_snippet: Sending Redvers Barnard down, Judge Michael Henshell said Redvers Barnard, formerly known as Peter Barnard, had treated his six victims, who were as young as four when the abuse began as Redvers Barnard 'sexual property' and bullied his six victims, who were as young as four when the abuse began into keeping quiet. '
highlights_snippet: Manchester Crown Court heard Redvers Barnard abused girls over three decades .
  
highlights_snippet: One underage girl was abused by Barnard, who then took indecent photos .
  
highlights_snippet: Redvers Barnard was found guilty of 15 sex offences against six victims .
  
highlights_snippet: Redvers Barnard had pleaded not guilty and claimed that six victims