A man who was sexually abused as a child expressed satisfaction to see his perpetrator go to jail one year longer than the years he endured losing "all his innocence."

An Ontario court judge sentenced Ronald Inghelbrecht, 49, of Chatham to five years in jail for sexual assault and two years for possession of child pornography on Tuesday. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

Justice Stephen Fuerth reviewed the facts in the case and referred to case law to deliver a clear message that "punishment that must fit the crime" of an adult sex offender who put children at risk to satisfy deviant needs.

Court heard a man came forward with information about his abuse after learning through media reports Inghelbrecht was facing child pornography charges.

Police visited Inghelbrecht's residence in November 2011, when they seized computers containing 68,500 images and 1,246 pornographic videos of prepubescent boys engaging in "extremely disturbing sexual acts."

"I just thought ... he's still doing it," the victim told The Chatham Daily News as to why he came forward after more than 20 years.

His identity is protected by a publication ban.

The man talked about first meeting Inghelbrecht when he was 10 years old.
He said boys in the neighbourhood were invited to work on go-carts in a garage at Inghelbrecht's parent's house where the accused lived.

It was in that garage he told police the assaults started, disguised as a game of wrestling, when he was 12 years old.

"The winner would pull down the others pants."

Over the next four years "the game" escalated to multiple sexual assaults in various locations, including parks, inside and outside Inghelbrecht's vehicle while on secluded roads and in a washroom of a community organization where the defendant was a volunteer mentor of children.
Inghelbrecht was convicted of sexual assault in 1994 when counselling was recommended but not sought, because the accused "denied responsibility for the offence," the judge said.

A pre-sentence report by a physician who interviewed Inghelbrecht found "an element of risk to resort to similar behavioural responses as in the past ... (and a) pattern of pedophilia."
The victim told The Daily News the abuse stopped when his family moved out of the neighbourhood in the early 1990s.

"He still called me at home and at work."

The judge also sentenced Inghelbrecht to a lifetime ban from attending places frequented by children and owning weapons, as well as orders for a DNA sample, and that his name be added to the sex offender registry for the rest of his life.

Inghelbrecht is not to work or volunteer where children are present.

All property seized that contained child pornography was ordered forfeited to the Crown.
Inghelbrecht walked towards lockup without saying a word.

The victim left court with a sense of closure, he said, and praise to those in the judicial system who helped him break his silence without fear.