A pensioner has been jailed for 30 months for indecently assaulting young girls.
Harry Addison, 72, had denied seven indecent assaults, dating back more than 40 years, but was convicted on six charges after a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court last month.
Apart from the jail term, Addison was put on the sex offenders' register for life when he appeared in court for sentence on Friday.
The trial heard how the allegations dated back to the 1950s but it was only this year when the matters came to light in a letter written by one of the girls.
Addison, of Louth, Lincolnshire, indecently assaulted the four girls, who were aged between six and 13 at the time.
Amanda Rippon, prosecuting, said the first assault took place between 1957 and 1959, with the last one in August, 1992.
The jury of ten men and two women heard the assaults took place in the Maldon, Basildon and Lincolnshire areas.
Addison claimed there had never been any improper behaviour between him and the girls
Addison told the jury: "It's nonsense. What they are saying is not true. It never happened."
Published Monday, December 16, 2002
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