A PAEDOPHILE who spent 50 years subjecting young boys to a campaign of sexual abuse is facing jail.
Terrence Ryan began his offending in the early 1960s when he starting sexually abusing a young boy. He would go on to abuse three other victims until the late 2000s.
One of his victims bravely reported Ryan to Northumbria Police and an investigation was launched by the force's safeguarding unit.
Detective Sergeant Andrea Burns led the investigation which also identified three other victims.
Ryan (77) was arrested and denied the allegations put before him but later pleaded guilty to 14 counts of historical child sexual abuse, including sexual touching, engaging in sexual activity with a child, inciting sexual activity with a child and oral rape.