Rapist made to pay costs of £190,000

Friday 26th November 2010, 3:00PM GMT.

Leonard Vandenborn (right) arriving at the Royal Court during his trial

A 62-YEAR-OLD accountant who was jailed for 12 years for rape and a string of indecent assaults in the 1970s and 1980s has been ordered to pay prosecution costs of almost £190,000.

Paedophile Leonard Miles Vandenborn was told to pay the hefty sum yesterday, moments after he lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

Vandenborn was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and one of rape in April after a four-day trial.

The jury acquitted Vandenborn on two charges of indecent assault. Shortly after the Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed his appeal, Vandenborn was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £180,000 for his original trial and a further £8,600 for the appeal.

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