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A 40-year-old Wichita man must serve life plus 570 months in
prison for sexually assaulting a young girl starting when she
was 9, a Sedgwick County judge ruled this week.
The man, Bryce Patrick Hanks, who was convicted of 12 crimes at
his February trial including 10 felony assaults against the
girl, will be in prison for a minimum of 72 1/2 years before he
can be released. By that time, he would be well over 100 years
old — longer than most people’s natural life.
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced the
sentence in a Friday news release. Hanks has maintained his
innocence in court filings and has notified the court of his
intent to file an appeal.
Court records say Hanks met the girl, who is now 18, when she
was 8 years old and first started fondling her when she was 9.
The assaults happened so often that by the time she was 13, she
was “just living with it,” an arrest affidavit released by the
court says..
The girl told authorities Hanks raped her the first time shortly
before her 14th birthday after he bought her a bra, insisted she
model it and forced himself on her, the affidavit says.
After the assault, he called her his wife. He continued
assaulting her regularly — weekly, she estimated — for at least
two years and would refer to her as his spouse because he
believed they were in a relationship and that is “what the lord
would want,” the affidavit says. He also gave her money because
he thought they were a couple, the document says.
Wichita police began investigating the case in 2020 after
someone overheard the girl telling Hanks by phone that she
didn’t want to have sex with him anymore, the affidavit says.
Prosecutors tried Hanks on a total of 15 crimes at his February
trial. The jury found him guilty of four counts of rape, two
counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts
of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of criminal sodomy and
two offender registration violations.
He was acquitted of one count each of rape, aggravated criminal
sodomy and furnishing alcohol to a minor, court records show.
Hanks’ lawyer, in a Feb. 21 motion, asked District Judge Tyler
Roush to consider putting his client on probation, citing Hanks’
“willingness to abide by conditions” set by the court and “the
need for family preservation.”
Roush refused and ordered the prison sentence.
https://news.yahoo.com/wichita-man-40-convicted-raping-
221624407.html
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