Judge to hear Teret impact on victims before sentencing

Ray Teret will be sentenced next Thursday after being found guilty of seven rapes and 11 indecent assaults dating back to the 1960s.

Tim Evans, prosecuting, said he would give the judge more information on the impact Teret has had on his victims, some of whom he said have been left "very significantly damaged".

Nicholas Johnson QC, defending Teret, said: "We have to respect the jury's verdict, and in respecting the jury's verdict there is little I can say on Mr Teret's behalf."

Mr Johnson said Teret was now facing the prospect of serving a "very long time in prison" but, given his age at 73, asked the judge not to "quash any prospect that one day he might be released from prison".

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