'They enjoyed and wanted it': Pedophile who sexually abused girls as young as eight jailed for 13 years
82-year-old Peter Brian Ashford was sentenced to 12 years and eight months behind bars and was ordered to pay $100,000 in way of reparation to the victims
An octagenarian pedophile who previously pleaded guilty to 27 charges relating to rape, attempted rape, sexual violations and indecent assaults of girls aged between eight and 13 was sentenced to 12 years and eight months in jail by a New Zealand court on Friday.
According to the New Zealand Herald, 82-year-old south Auckland man Peter Brian Ashford began the abuse when he was in his 30s and would continue to do so for the next 50 years before he was finally reported to the authorities and charged for the crimes.