A DJ raped a three-year-old boy in a club toilet before targeting another attack on a youngster at a fifth birthday party.

Ryan English was 15 years old when he carried out the first of around 20 assaults on the toddler.

He raped the youngster in a cubicle where he worked as a DJ seven years ago, and later attacked another child in the toilets of a different working men's club.

Leeds Crown Court heard he had exposed himself and performed an indecent act in front of the child.

It was reported to bar staff and police were called to arrest English.

He was jailed for nine years on Thursday after the court heard he had downloaded videos of children being raped while on bail.

It was also revealed he had contacted someone on WhatsApp asking for indecent pictures of children to be sent to him.

The mother of English's first victim wrote a victim impact statement to be read out in court.

The Mirror reports she said her son had nightmares and had been left traumatised by the abuse.

She said: "He is an anxious, self-conscious and angry boy."

Recorder Abdul Iqbal QC said: "They were crimes committed over a number of years against a young vulnerable boy.

"All of this was done to satisfy your sexual cravings in relation to young boys.

"You took away any semblance of a normal, happy childhood from that victim."

Earlier this year we reported how a vile sex beast was caged for more than a century for repeatedly raping and impregnating his girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter.

Nicholas Deon Thrash was jailed for 160 years on Thursday for his sick crimes.

The 34-year-old was found guilty of 10 counts of molestation beginning when the girl was just eight years old.