A judge told victims of Dr Johnnie Barto that justice was finally theirs. I grieve for all the children you hurt," Erika Brosig, who was sexually abused at age 13, said at Barto's sentencing. In handing Barto to a prison term of 79 to 158 years - meaning the ex-paediatrician will die in prison - a judge told the gathered victims Monday that justice was finally theirs. "The sound of you moaning will haunt me until the day I die," she told Barto. One victim said that because of what Barto did to her, she rarely sees a doctor and is terrified of taking her children to one.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2019 21:00 UTC