Terrence Ryan
A PAEDOPHILE has been convicted of sexual abusing children more than 50 years after he began preying on young boys.
Terrence Ryan, from Woolston, subjected his first victim to abuse in the early 1960s and would go on to abuse three more children until the late 2000s.
The pensioner is finally facing jail after one of these victims came reported his vile crimes to Northumbria Police, sparking an investigation by the force’s safeguarding unit.
He has now admitted 14 counts of historical sexual abuse – including sexual touching, engaging in sexual activity with a child, inciting sexual activity with a child and rape.