"Victims should be able to trust those they are in a relationship with over and above members of the public in the street”

A Hunter Valley man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing his sister, daughter, nieces and two other children will not be eligible for parole until he is 71.

Jamie Teasdale, of Gateshead, wanted to meet a child for sexual activity and had downloaded indecent images online

Peter Jamieson stashed the Samsung tablet in a pair of his trousers but a cleaner alerted cops after finding sick material on the device.

Peter Jamieson was found to have a number of 'Japanese manga' videos that depicted children being abused after the collection was discovered by his cleaner.

He claimed his sexual abuse of two children was "a horrible f***ing mistake"