You need to go back and read carefully. The judge refused to let he victim give a statement after he delivered his reasons for sentencing. Where a person is found guilty, the sequence is verdict, sentence hearing, reasons for sentencing, sentence. Victim impact statements are given during the sentence hearing. In this case, the victim asked to give a statement after the reasons for sentencing but before sentence was pronounced. 

“In my view it’s not appropriate at this stage,” Pearlman replied. “I’ve delivered my reasons for sentencing.”