A teacher found guilty in a matter of minutes of historical rape has been sentenced to two years and three months' imprisonment.
The man, who cannot be named, had a teaching career spanning more than 40 years when he was charged with raping and indecently assaulting a child, who was not a student of his.
Throughout a two-day trial in the Napier District Court in August the complainant told the jury he first touched her when she was 12 years old, before matters progressed to full intercourse.
This was backed up by a second witness who told the court he had watched her carry the emotional burden for decades.
"You could see it wearing her down, the whole thing. It was a prison sentence she had. It was wearing her down."