ADAM Gilbert Jolly will be behind bars for at least 14 more years after being sentenced in Wagga District Court late this afternoon for his kidnapping of and sex attacks on a six-year-old girl on Valentine's Day two years ago.
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In passing sentence, Judge Jennifer English desribed some of Jolly's offences as unspeakable acts that had been committed for Jolly's sexual gratification or revenge against females for previous unsuccessful relationships.
She said the victim had been robbed of her childhood.
Judge English read from parts of a victim impact statement from the youngster's mum, who told of seeing her daughter's face in the back window of Jolly's ute as he drove off with the child and thinking "My God, will I ever see her again."
After being sentenced, Jolly, sniffing and shaking, was led down a flight of steps from the court room to the cells below as his unconsolable mother cried repeatedly "no, no, no".
Wagga police crime manager, Detective Inspector Rod Smith thanked the community for helping solve the horrific crime and praised the work of police officers involved in the investigation, including the officer in charge, Detective Sergeant Michael Handley.
