A paedophile who lured two children with icy-poles from a North Perth childcare centre before sexually assaulting them has been jailed for 10 years.
Vincenzo Mule, 54, was sentenced in the Perth District Court on Wednesday. His 10 year jail term means he will be eligible for parole after eight years.
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Judge Simon Stone said Mule's crimes were brazen and abhorrent.
"You abducted two very young children... by enticing them to follow you. Your actions were brazen," he said.
"It was a nightmarish ordeal for the parents, the daycare facility workers and supervisors.
"You pose a high risk of reoffending unless you address the underlying reasons for offending."
Shocking details of how the five-year-old boy and four-year-old girl were assaulted emerged in the Perth District Court on Tuesday.
The court heard the children were playing in a gated public space around 11am on April 19 while being supervised by child care workers.
Workers had noticed Mule smoking near the children and asked him to stop.
State prosecution lawyer Maria Maddox claimed Mule waited about 20 minutes for the right time to entice the children away without being noticed telling the girl to, "come over here".
The boy told detectives he followed Mule "out the gate" and "we were hiding from the [child care] ladies... with the big man."
Ms Maddox said the two children were left totally reliant on Mule once outside the gated area.
"He's given them all these promises about what they'll be doing that day...going to the shops, having icy-poles.
"They're thinking they're going to be having a great old time with this man."
Mule then led the children through car parks and laneways to his residence.
The offences occurred in the shed of his parent's house in North Perth, less than one kilometre from the day care facility.
The children were forced to carry out oral sex acts on the man in front of each other with the boy later telling his mother he felt bad he had not protected his friend.
The girl, who was crying during the assault, told her mother when she asked the man to stop and that she didn't like it, he slapped her and told her to be quiet.
Ms Maddox told the court the children described the ordeal as "yuck" "disgusting" and "really bad".
"The victim impact statements [from the children's parents] make it clear this four and five-year-old have been robbed of that boisterous, positive outlook that they had on the world," she said.
"These two children are now aware that there are people out there that might hurt them."
The boy's mother, in her victim impact statement, said her son had lost his confidence and had become very dependent on his parents being present.
"I live with the fear this may affect (him) in the long term... later in life," she said.
"My heart breaks seeing the effect the crime has had... I mourn for their lost innocence."
After the assault, Mule dumped the two children in Hyde Park where a stranger found them upset and lost a short time later.
The assault was described by police at the time as "every parent's worst nightmare" and sparked a manhunt across Perth to find Mule.
The father-of-three, who has been in custody since being arrested on April 20, was charged with three counts of sexual penetration of a child under 13 and two counts of deprivation of liberty.
In court on Tuesday, Mule's lawyer Mark Gunning said his client claimed he had no memory of the incident, but Judge Stone dismissed the claim.
"Your explanation you have no memory is not supported by any evidence," Judge Stone told the court.
"I am satisfied by reasonable doubt that you have feigned amnesia... to avoid consequences of your actions... or enable you to cope."
Mule had also claimed he took some of his father's medication the night before the offending took place.
The childcare centre the children were taken from had not noticed the pair were missing until alerted by police.
The facility was later fined more than $40,000 in relation to the incident.