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WACO, Texas (KWTX) A China Spring man found guilty of seven counts of sexual abuse of a young family member over the course of a decade was sentenced to 356 years in state prison on Thursday.
Judge David Hodges, in 19th District Court, sentenced Brian Todd Dekle, 54, to serve terms of 74 years each on four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 20-years each on two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by contact, and then ordered the sentences "stacked," or served consecutively, court records show.
The charges came after a now-27-year-old family member accused Dekle of abusing her over a 10-year period of time when she was a child.
Dekle's defense team already has said it will appeal the convictions.
It was Dekle's second day in court.
A mistrial was declared in the first on Nov. 28, 2018, when a jury member already seated reported an issue to District Judge Ralph Strother.
In response, Strother dismissed the jury panel and granted a mistrial.
Central Texas man sentenced to 356 years in child sexual abuse case
WACO, Texas (KWTX) A China Spring man found guilty of seven counts of sexual abuse of a young family member over the course of a decade was sentenced to 356 years in state prison on Thursday.
Judge David Hodges, in 19th District Court, sentenced Brian Todd Dekle, 54, to serve terms of 74 years each on four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 20-years each on two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by contact, and then ordered the sentences "stacked," or served consecutively, court records show.
The charges came after a now-27-year-old family member accused Dekle of abusing her over a 10-year period of time when she was a child.
Dekle's defense team already has said it will appeal the convictions.
It was Dekle's second day in court.
A mistrial was declared in the first on Nov. 28, 2018, when a jury member already seated reported an issue to District Judge Ralph Strother.
In response, Strother dismissed the jury panel and granted a mistrial.
Central Texas man sentenced to 356 years in child sexual abuse case
