“You know what you’ve done.”

That was part of the message President Judge Maureen Skerda delivered to a Glade Township man sentenced to at least 10 years in state prison on a count of aggravated indecent assault of a child, a first-degree felony.

But before sentencing, Richard D. Barrett, 56, was deemed a sexually violent predator.

Brenda Manno with the state Sexual Offender Assessment Board testified to the specifics of the conduct: From January 2019 until August 2020 Barrett sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl “almost every day” in the words of the victim.

Manno was tasked with making a determination regarding whether Barrett is a sexually violent predator.

To that end, she cited a 1992 conviction in Florida for sexual battery against a 12-year-old girl as well as other factors in diagnosing him with pedophilia and determining that his conduct was predatory according to state law.

Manno said his prior conduct shows that he has been punished for this conduct but “continues to engage” in the behaviors.

No opposing testimony was entered and Skerda found Barrett to be a sexually violent predator due to the “uncontroverted testimony.””

The proceeding then shifted into the sentencing phase.

Barrett’s attorney, Alan Conn, said the judge doesn’t have much discretion as the charge brings a 10 to 20 year mandatory sentence. He cited that there was no unusual cruelty or drug use among several factors regarding the conduct.

District Attorney Rob Greene said these kinds of cases are the “hardest thing I have to do as a prosecutor,” noting that this case was a “child said-he said” case.

Greene said Barrett should, for the rest of his life, “never see a day of freedom. Not one.”

He said the punishment that Barrett really deserves would be considered “cruel and unusual.”

The plea in this case is what Greene called a “global plea,” meaning that Barrett pleaded guilty to the one charge and three other dockets — two sexual offenses and a registry violation — will not be prosecuted further.

He said that decision was reached after consulting with, among others, the victims and ensures they won’t have to relive their trauma in a trial.

Barrett declined to comment when given the opportunity to do so.

Skerda acknowledged there waas “very little I can do” with the mandatory sentence.

“These assaults will be with her for the rest of her life,” Skerda said, telling him he “destroyed a person at a very young age.”

“You know what you’ve done,” she said. “There’s no reason for violating a child.”

She then sentenced Barrett to 10 to 20 years incarceration in state prison to be followed by three years of probation, $2,225 in fines and fees, submission of a DNA sample, lifetime registration as a sexually violent predator, monthly counseling sessions and completed treatment before parole.

Greene said after the hearing that sexual offenders typically serve 80 percent of their sentence behind bar which, in this instance, would be 16 years.