Pensioner jailed for sex attacks on child 50 years ago

Brian Harrison has been jailed for four years and four months.

- by Echo Reporter

A pensioner is behind bars for sex attacks on a child around half a century ago.

Brian Harrison targeted the young schoolboy in the Sunderland area in the 1970s, groomed him with gifts and told him it was their "secret".

Newcastle Crown Court heard the victim lived with the ordeal for decades before finding the courage report it to the police.

Harrison, now 66, of Poachers Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, admitted four charges of indecent assault and two of indecency with a child.

The court heard he would have been around 17 when he committed the offences against the young victim, who said it "impacted every part of his life".

In a statement, the man said he lived the rest of his life with "negative views of life and people".