A paedophile who committed a string of child sex offences against several young boys has trembled in court as a magistrate declared he'd spend at least two more years in prison.
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Cyril Trezise, 81, admitted to repeatedly indecently assaulting one young boy during the 1970s and 80s, and one count of indecently assaulting another young boy about the same time.
Magistrate Glenn Theakston, in sentencing Trezise last Wednesday, said the elderly man's crimes were "clearly repugnant".
He said the former church youth group leader exploited his access to his victims, and used them for his own sexual gratification without regard for how it would affect them.
An agreed statement of facts previously tendered to the ACT Magistrates Court said at Pine Island in the mid-1970s, Trezise sat beside his then seven-year-old victim, pulled the boy's underpants down and exposed him.
He fondled the child and went on to perform oral sex on him - an act he repeated on the boy over a number of years - and also thrust his penis between the boy's legs.
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When police asked Trezise about his crimes, he told them: "I'm admitting, yes, it happened ... I did that to him and I'm ashamed of it."
On another occasion, Trezise sat behind another boy at the top of a rock slide in the Cotter area. He rubbed the boy's penis through his shorts - the boy was aged between 8 and 12 - and exposed himself.
Mr Theakston said Trezise did much the same to another boy in the 70s.
The paedophile was convicted of that indecent assault and others by ACT Supreme Court Justice David Mossop in 2018, and sentenced to three-and-a-half years' prison, to be suspended after six months.
Last Wednesday, Mr Theakston said Trezise's crimes could only warrant a period of full-time imprisonment, regardless of his age.
He sentenced Trezise to a total five years and six months' jail. He will be eligible for parole after two years, on July 7, 2022.