A victim of historic sex offending burst into tears in Whanganui District Court on Friday as her tormentor, a former teacher, was sentenced to imprisonment.
Paul Roger Herrick has been in and out of prison since the 1990's for crimes committed against children as young as nine years, old beginning in the 60's.
Herrick, 73, was sentenced to 21 and a half months' imprisonment by Judge Philip Crayton on eight historic sex charges.
One of the two victims in attendance read a victim impact statement out loud to the court, the details of which were suppressed by Judge Crayton.
"I do make these observations, particularly for the victim that read her victim impact statement today," said the Judge.