Man who abducted 5yo from campground wanted to eat her, court hears
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Cecil Mabb pleaded guilty to the charges in January.
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A man who abducted a five-year-old girl in Tasmania told prison staff he took the child because he wanted to eat her, a court has heard.
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Cecil Maurice Mabb is being sentenced over the abduction of a five-year-old girl from a Tasmanian campground
He attempted to strangle the girl who was later found dazed and shocked by a fellow camper
The girl and a friend who witnessed the terrifying abduction were left traumatised, the court heard
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03:30 EDT, 13 April 2021
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A self-confessed paedophile who took a five-year-old girl from a campground in Tasmania allegedly told prison staff his intention was to eat the child.
Cecil Maurice Mabb, 42, pleaded guilty to assault and attempted abduction of the young girl in Montagu on January 24.
Mabb allegedly told staff at Ridson Prison that he confessed to being a paedophile because it was better than what he really was , Crown Prosecutor Yolanda Prence told the court, according to The Mercury. He told staff he had taken the little girl so he could eat her.
But defence counsel Hannah Phillips told the court there was no evidence Mabb ever said he wanted to eat the girl.
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