GAZETTE & HERALD: A mother whose 13-year-old daughter was indecently assaulted by paedophile Kenneth Pylle, said she is terrified that he will return to his Chippenham home.

Persistent sex offender Pylle, 60, of Hungerdown Lane, was found guilty of the indecent assault in November.

Just last week he pleaded guilty to indecency towards a child in a separate offence against an 11-year-old Bristol boy.

Bristol Crown Court heard how Pylle had a history of sex offences including the rape of three women, attempting to rape a child and indecent exposure.

Pylle is awaiting sentence on the indecent assault charge but was sentenced to 20 months for the indecency offence, most of which he has already served on remand.

The mother said: "I have been told he could be out in two weeks. I don't want him anywhere near my daughter. I don't know how she would handle it. I would go to his house straight away, kick the door down and kill him. I have been honest to the police about that. I couldn't stand having him here."

The mother said even the Crown Prosecution Service were shocked with the short sentence as they had been expecting Pylle to get five years.

"I can't believe he only got 20 months with his history. They said if he does it again he will go straight to prison, so why let him do it again?"

Pylle, who lived nearby, began grooming her 13-year-old daughter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, by taking an interest in her pet rabbit.

He then began giving the girl gifts and money and invited her into his house.

The mother said: "He said he had birds in there but she never went in. Every time they parted he would put his arm around her and give her a kiss on the cheek.

"He made her feel good and said she was beautiful and he would go to bed thinking about her."

One day Pylle tried to trick the girl into kissing him on the mouth by saying he couldn't hear her and leaning in.

The mum said: "She ran away and rang her best friend. She didn't tell me. Luckily her friend had enough sense to tell her mum and she rang me straight away.

"I reported it to the police because otherwise my dad was going to go round there with a gun."

She said her daughter had found it very difficult to cope with afterwards and she was now very wary of men.

The mother said: "I am really paranoid now too and I won't let her out anywhere on her own. I drive her everywhere. It drives her up the wall."

Pylle had been living in Hungerdown Lane for three years but much of this time he spent in prison.

The mother said: "He had just got out when he approached my daughter. I never even saw him."

After approaching the girl Pylle was arrested in May 2003 and held in custody until his trial for indecent assault in November.

The mother said: "I knew there had to be more going on than just what had happened to my daughter.

"When it all came out in court I was shocked. I knew nothing about it. He just seemed like a sweet old man, he didn't seem violent at all. You never think you would have one living on your doorstep."

Her daughter had to give evidence on the witness stand for two hours and was grilled by the defence lawyer who accused her of coming on to Pylle.

"The court case was horrendous. It was the worst two hours of my life when she was in the witness box," said the mother.

"But my daughter was definitely one of the lucky ones. He can't help himself, he has been doing it for so long.

"The more people that know about him the better. I would hate this to happen to someone else's kid. If they move him I want to find him and take a photo of him so everyone knows who he is and what he has done."

Last week Pylle changed his plea to guilty in the indecency case. He had offered money to the schoolboy to "let him do some stuff".

The court heard that the youngster became alarmed and ran away but Pylle ran after the child and confronted him. He repeated: "Do you want to make some money and let me do some stuff?"

The boy realised that Pylle was demanding sex and ran away and called the police.

Sentencing, Judge Rupert Burcell said: "It is essential the community is protected from Kenneth Pylle in the future.

A custodial sentence is necessary because you cause very great concern to society at large due to your previous character."

He was sentenced to 20 months in prison and made the subject of a 10-year restraining order.

Pylle was also ordered to complete the Thames Valley sex offenders' programme.