Former nanny handed an eight year prison term for abusing elementary schoolchildren

A 33 year old former nanny on Vancouver Island has been handed an eight year prison term.

Nanny is going to serve this term for abusing elementary schoolchildren in his care.

Jonathan Robichaud was sentenced yesterday in BC Supreme Court in Victoria after pleading guilty last year to several charges related to three children from two Central Saanich families.

In addition to the prison term, Robichaud must register as a sexual offender and abide by numerous conditions for 25 years after release, including restrictions on internet use and to stay away from places where children gather.

In passing sentence, Justice Geoffrey Gaul says Robichaud "acted in a clearly predatorial manner" and "grievously abused" the trust of the children and their parents.