He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and violent disorder a week before he and two other teenage boys were due to go on trial last August.
Both co-defendants – then aged aged 16 and 17 – were later acquitted by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court on September 4.
Cristea will serve half of his sentence before being released on licence.
Wayne Read, from Haverhill, has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment for burglary.
Read, of Dalham Place, appeared before Suffolk Magistrates Court in Ipswich on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to one count of burglary and for being in breach of a community order.
Wayne Read from Haverhill has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and violent disorder a week before he and two other teenage boys were due to go on trial last August.
Both co-defendants – then aged aged 16 and 17 – were later acquitted by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court on September 4.
Cristea will serve half of his sentence before being released on licence.
Wayne Read, from Haverhill, has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment for burglary.
Read, of Dalham Place, appeared before Suffolk Magistrates Court in Ipswich on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to one count of burglary and for being in breach of a community order.
Wayne Read from Haverhill has been sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment
Peter Rowland-Hinton was jailed for 25 years at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday
- Credit: Suffolk police
A paedophile branded a sexual monster by a judge has been jailed for 25 years for raping and sexually abusing a young girl.
Peter Rowland-Hinton, 37, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court for sentence via prison video link after previously pleading guilty to 34 offences, including 20 counts of rape of a child under 13.
Judge Emma Peters told Rowland-Hinton, of Columbyne Close, Stowupland, near Stowmarket, he will serve at least 16 years of his sentence behind bars before he is considered for parole.
The offences, which spanned seven years, came to light when the victim made disclosures last year, Claire Matthews, prosecuting, told the court.
Peter Rowland-Hinton was jailed for 25 years at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday
- Credit: Suffolk police
A paedophile branded a sexual monster by a judge has been jailed for 25 years for raping and sexually abusing a young girl.
Peter Rowland-Hinton, 37, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court for sentence via prison video link after previously pleading guilty to 34 offences, including 20 counts of rape of a child under 13.
Judge Emma Peters told Rowland-Hinton, of Columbyne Close, Stowupland, near Stowmarket, he will serve at least 16 years of his sentence behind bars before he is considered for parole.
The offences, which spanned seven years, came to light when the victim made disclosures last year, Claire Matthews, prosecuting, told the court.