A former deputy principal found guilty of sexually assaulting two pupils at the Rotorua primary he taught at has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail.
Former Selwyn Primary deputy principal Glen Rohan Lovatt, 47, appeared for sentencing in the Rotorua District Court yesterday.
He was found guilty by a jury last month of two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and three charges of doing an indecent act.
One of the charges of doing an indecent act was a representative charge which means the offending occurred more than once.
Judge Chris McGuire said the charges relate to offending against two pupils between 1995 and 1999.