Winnsboro man to serve life in prison for abusing a child more than 200 times
WOOD, Texas (KETK) – A Winnsboro man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after a Wood County jury convicted him of continuous sexual abuse of a young child.
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According to a release, Justin Blaine Sicard was convicted and sentenced on Thursday and will serve a life sentence consecutively after a 15-year sentence he received in 2018 out of Hopkins County.
“A conviction for continuous sexual abuse of a young child and the imposition of a life sentence prohibits Sicard from ever being released from prison on parole,” the Wood County Criminal District Attorney’s Office said.
An investigation into Sicard began in 2019 for sexually abusing a child between January 2013 and December 2016 in Winnsboro.
The child told the Child Advocacy Center that Sicard had sexually assaulted her and sexually abused her over 100 times from the ages of 8 to 11, a release said.
In 2020, the child, who was 15, outcried again that Sicard was sending her sexually graphic and explicit messages on social media, in which he admitted to the sexual abuse.
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“During the punishment phase of the trial, the evidence showed that Sicard began sexually abusing the child when she was 2 years old, and the total number of acts of abuse was more than 200,” the DA said.
The District Attorney’s Office said, they are thankful for the jury’s verdict and the sentence imposed.
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