A man who filmed himself molesting a schoolgirl has been jailed for eight years.
Richard Sharpe (46) was caught when two people he shared a house with became suspicious about his behaviour.
When he was on holiday in Portugal, they looked at a camera he left behind and found shocking video footage of the abuse.
The police arrested him at the airport on his return.
Sharpe, formerly of Went Road, Birstall, had groomed the innocent youngster by offering her treats and sweets.
He pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to five counts of sexual assault committed earlier this year.
In a victim impact statement the victim's mother, who was in court to see Sharpe jailed, said: "He's robbed my daughter of her innocence.
"I don't think the full effects of this nightmare are over yet."
Sentencing, Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: "Thankfully your behaviour was discovered within a short time.
"You filmed quite a lot of the abuse you inflicted upon this child, which meant you had no choice but to plead guilty.
"I don't know what possessed you to behave in the way you did.
"Your mental health doesn't provide any explanation for why you did what you did.
"Having seen the footage, it's clear you behaved in a calculated manner and made her familiar with some of what you did to her, by some form of grooming process no doubt using rewards and persuasion.
"You know that what you did is unforgivable and it was highly damaging.
"It has also affected her behaviour."
The court heard that when the police spoke to the youngster, a primary school pupil, she did not remember much about what was clearly shown on the video images.
Julie Warburton, mitigating, said: "He's been on suicide watch since being remanded into custody and is self-harming on a daily basis.
"He's no explanation for what he did and mercifully it was short lived.
"He doesn't put forward any excuses and he knows he can never be forgiven and doesn't expect to be.
"He wishes to apologise."
Sharpe was shaking uncontrollably in the dock throughout the hearing.
Judge Dean said he will have to sign onto a sex offender register for life and will be automatically barred from ever working children.
An indefinite sexual offences prevention order was made, which includes a ban on having unsupervised contact with youngsters.
