He told the jury he had no idea why he was being blamed, and claimed he was the world's most unlucky man after six witnesses picked him out in identification parades.
Last night, it emerged that he is now bankrupt and his partner and mother of his young child has left him after a behind-bars confession he made to her following his conviction.
LENGTHY JAIL TERM: Alan Ginnever will only be considered for release when he can convince officials he no longer poses a threatA SEXUAL predator who stalked a countryside walkway looking for vulnerable victims was yesterday locked up indefinitely after a judge said he was a "significant danger".
Alan Ginnever was jailed for the protection of the public and will be released from prison only when he can convince officials from the Parole Board that he is no longer a risk.
He was told by Judge Tony Briggs that there was "a predatory bullying and controlling element"
to the offences and he had enjoyed causing one victim "alarm and discomfort".
The judge said Ginnever had deliberately travelled to isolated places along Castle Eden Walkway, near Stockton, to carry out his attacks and circled one location in his car looking for victims.
The attacks go back to the summer of 2005, when Ginnever was on a bike and ripped the bikini top off a 14-year-old as he rode past near the Hardwick Social Club, Stockton, Almost exactly a year later, in the same area, he stopped two girls cycling in Darlington Lane, Elmtree, groped the ten-year-old and exposed himself to her nineyear- old friend.
In August 2006, Ginnever approached a 12-year-old and a ten year- old near Billingham Beck County Park, touched the breasts of the older girl and flashed a t her friend.
On March 12, last year, he made a lewd suggestion and exposed himself to a 35-year-old woman walking her dogs near Letch Lane, Stockton, forcing his victim to flee screaming.
Five weeks later, a 15-year-old girl, who was at the Wynyard Woodland Park with her toddler cousin and brother, both aged two, had her trousers pulled down by Ginnever.
Following the final attack, detectives were so worried about the offender's escalating behaviour they issued an appeal, and witnesses came forward with crucial information that led to his conviction.
Ginnever was arrested after his car was linked to some of the attack scenes, and faced a trial at Teesside Crown Court on four allegations of sexual assault and three of exposure.
He told the jury he had no idea why he was being blamed, and claimed he was the world's most unlucky man after six witnesses picked him out in identification parades.
Last night, it emerged that he is now bankrupt and his partner and mother of his young child has left him after a behind-bars confession he made to her following his conviction.
Ginnever, of Queens Drive, Billingham, who was convicted of all seven counts, must serve at least two-and-a-half years before he can apply for parole, and has been banned from working with children.
Judge Tony Briggs also banned him from going near children's play parks, wooded areas and the Castle Eden Walkway, a disused railway line linking Stockton to County Durham.
who is already on the sex offender registry
..........Sarah Tofte, Human Rights Watch
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