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A paedophile who sexually abused his four-year-old niece died after falling down a staircase while drunk, an inquest has heard. Shane Rowden, 59, was fatally injured in the alcohol-fuelled accident just 14 months after being convicted of the historic crimes. At an inquest into his death this week, condolences were offered to his family, but the woman he abused when she was a child says he should “rot in hell”. The hearing on Thursday was told Rowden was four times the drink-drive limit at the time of his fall at a block of flats in Goodfellow Way, Dover, on March 24. He had been drinking beer …

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