Former primary school teacher Sylvanathan Naidoo, 65, has been jailed for eight years for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he was tutoring in Bournemouth.

Naidoo, of Woodborough, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to eight counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and one count of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration, all committed last summer.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard that Naidoo deliberately abused his position of trust to groom his victim. Sentencing judge Recorder Don Tait said: "You were in a position of trust and you deliberately, in a calculated way, abused that position of trust."

The judge added: "You have lost everything, your family and home but that is your fault entirely."

The court heard that no concerns or safeguarding issues had ever been raised about Naidoo during his teaching career, which spanned more than 20 years until he retired in 2012.

Prosecuting, Tom Wright said Naidoo had delivered two tutoring sessions to the victim at her home without any issues before committing the sexual assaults across three separate sessions. Mr Wright said the activity came to an end when the victims mother came into the room unannounced where the offender was alone with the girl and she saw him in a compromising position.

The court heard that Naidoo claimed he was administering a massage. Naidoo left the property a short time later and the victim made disclosures to her parents that day.

Following his arrest, the defendant gave no comment in interview. Mr Wright said during at least one of the incidents Naidoo made comments asking the girl if she liked what he was doing to her.

Mitigating, Guy Ladenburg said the defendant, who had no previous convictions, had sincere remorse and his apology for what he did was genuine.

Recorder Tait made Naidoo subject to a sexual harm prevention order, while the defendant was placed on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life. The judge said in his opinion the only mitigation in the case was the defendants guilty pleas.

The judge said: "I have no doubt that this will affect her for the rest of her life - how it will affect her nobody knows. Offences like these against a young girl stay with them for life one way or another."