A JUDGE says the abduction and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl outside a Mildura school was the "stuff of nightmares" for any parent, and the offender's reasoning behind it "just plain chilling".

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Ian Hooper, 65, was sentenced to six years' jail with a non-parole period of four years when he faced the County Court in Melbourne on Friday after pleading guilty ...