Rapist’s fiancée: ‘I’ll fight for my home’

Monday 20th December 2010, 3:00PM GMT.

Helen Bailey.

THE defiant fiancée of a convicted paedophile has vowed to stand by her man – and fight crippling court costs which could force her out of her home.

Earlier this year, Jersey accountant Leonard Vandenborn was jailed for 12 years after being convicted of a series of sexual assaults against two girls in the 1970s and 1980s. And last month the 63-year-old was ordered to pay £190,000 in court costs after losing an appeal against his conviction and sentence.

Speaking publicly for the first time, his long-term partner, Helen Bailey, said: ‘Justice should be about treating everybody equally, regardless of their background or wealth.’

• See Monday’s JEP for full story and two-page interview with Mrs Bailey.

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