Relate sex therapist who raped a teenage girl and forced her into a sex act with his pet dog is jailed for 20 years
A sex therapist has been jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of raping a teen during a prolonged period of abuse which began when she was under ten. Andrew Iveson, 48, started sexually abusing the girl in Darlington, County Durham, and it continued over a period of years until she moved away and reported his crimes to police. Teesside Crown Court heard Iveson was a relationship councillor for Relate – the UK's largest provider of relationship support, which offers counselling for individuals, couples, children and young people and families, as well as mediation and sex therapy. In a victim impact statement read to the court, the teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she feared she would never get over what happened. She said: 'I would engage in sexual activity, it made me think that was how you please men. 'I felt ashamed about what I did. I wanted to end my life, I had to start a new one away from my past.' The court heard how Ive...