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LOS ANGELES --
A former U.S. Marine captain who was convicted of travelling to Cambodia to have intercourse with kids was sentenced by a U.S. court docket Monday to 210 years in federal jail.
Michael Pepe, 68, a former Oxnard resident, was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court docket in a retrial on new prices after his earlier conviction and life sentence have been overturned on enchantment in 2018.
At his retrial final 12 months, eight girls testified that Pepe sexually abused them once they have been as younger as 9 years outdated and a few mentioned they have been drugged, tied up, crushed and raped, the U.S. legal professional's workplace mentioned in an announcement.
"What he did to these pre-teen women was torture," the choose mentioned.
Pepe was residing and instructing English in Cambodia when he was arrested in 2006. He had been in federal custody since 2007.
Pepe was convicted in August of two counts every of journey with the intent to interact in illicit sexual conduct and crossing state traces with the intent to interact in sexual acts with an individual beneath the age of 12.
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