A convicted s*x offender has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fathering a child with an 11-year-old girl in western New York. AP reports:
Berry also was convicted in 1990 for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl and served eight years in prison.Jacky Berry of Niagara Falls had pleaded guilty on charges of having a s*xual relationship with the girl in 2010.
The girl, now 16, gave birth to a son in 2011. Authorities say DNA testing confirmed Berry, 53, was the father.
The Buffalo News reported that Berry offered an apology in court Friday but refused to be interviewed by a probation officer.
“He didn’t feel there was anything to add,” defense attorney James Faso Jr. said. “He had a child with this child, and feels terrible he made her grow up faster than she should grow up.”
Judge Sara Sheldon also imposed 20 years of post-release supervision for Berry, saying, “This is in essence a life sentence.”
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