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Cameroon-born Andong Ashu, 45, began abusing his victim when she was just 11, with the assaults becoming more serious until he started raping her.

Ashu, who came to the UK as a refugee in 2002, warned his victim that nobody would believe her if she complained because she was “only a child”.

A court heard he also attempted to bribe her with £10 and £20 payments in a desperate bid to maintain her silence.

But after suffering years of abuse the girl eventually plucked up the courage to go to police and report the scientist.

The married father of three collapsed in the dock at Hull Crown Court as a jury found him guilty of 11 sexual offences following a five-day trial.

The jury took six hours to convict him of four counts of rape and seven sexual assaults on Monday.