A 78-year-old man will spend at least the next four and a half years in custody after pleading guilty to historic child sex offences.
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Kingsley Russell Eager, of Maitland, pleaded guilty to a series of charges when he appeared in Newcastle District Court on Monday August 6.
The charges included, sexual assault, assault and act of indecency involving a person under 16 years of age and sexual assault of a person under 16 years of age.
Eager appeared before Judge R Ellis.
Eager was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of nine years and three months to commence on August 6, 2018.
The sentence expires on November 5, 2027 with a non-parole period of four years and six months. Eager can first make application for parole on February 5, 2023.
