A Co Down man has been jailed for 24 years for the rape of nine young girls over a number of years.
Jason King (38) from Balfour Street in Ards was convicted of 58 counts of rape, buggery, indecent assault, gross indecency and inflicting actual bodily harm on the girls, who were aged between 12 and 15.
The court heard he gave his victims alcohol and cigarettes before taking them back to his flat where he abused and raped them.
The offences took place between 1996 and 2002.
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Mr Justice Gillen described King as "every parent's worst nightmare" and said he considered his case "probably to be the worst instance of multiple child abuse that I have come across".