UK sisters track down their paedophile stepfather to Maun through Facebook

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Three sisters abused by their stepfather as children tracked him down to Botswana via Facebook to help bring him to justice.

James Lawton, 44, was arrested on a plane at Heathrow after the sisters tipped off police about where he was living. He has now been jailed.

The girls kept the secret of their abuse from one another for 10 years but when they finally shared the terrible truth, they turned detective to hunt down the man who destroyed their childhood.

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