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Vile paedophile Rebecca Holloway carried out a string of sex attacks on young children in 'most depraved case judge had ever seen'.

The 26-year-old was caught after having 'highly sexualised and exceptionally graphic' conversations online.

She pleaded guilty to rape, conspiracy to sexually assault children and distributing indecent images.

Now she is facing jail for her sick crimes.

Holloway - who had no previous criminal record - was exposed as a child abuser when police came across the chats she had online.

A close-up picture of a girl's underwear was found when officers went to her house, Grimsby Live reports.

They also discovered sex toys and sexual images of children. They went on to discover a girl had been sexually abused and raped, while a very young boy had suffered a sexual injury.

(Image: Grimsby & Scunthorpe Newspapers)

Holloway, of Rutland Street, Grimsby, has admitted two child rape offences, including on multiple occasions, and conspiracy to sexually assault a child under 13, as well as making and distributing indecent images of children.

Paul O'Shea, prosecuting at Grimsby Crown Court, said: "It's a depressing, serious and grave case."

He said Holloway sank to 'real depths of depravity to satisfy her own sexual urges'.

She has no previous convictions and was said to be of good character, so there was no reason for authorities to suspect her of anything until the shocking truth was uncovered.

Her social media profiles have now been removed.

She should have been sentenced over a year ago.

But unusually, because of the seriousness and complexities of the case, the court ran out of time and the sentencing was abandoned to be restarted another day.

Recorder Bernard Gateshill, who was hearing it at the time, said: "This is a most distressing case.

"I have never before come across a case of such depravity."

The case was adjourned to fix a date when all involved could attend for a half-day part-heard sentencing hearing but, later, in November last year, it was taken over by Judge Paul Watson QC to be started again from scratch.

But that still hasn’t happened and the case remains unresolved.

In the meantime, she is behind bars awaiting her sentence date to be fixed.

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