After deliberating for more than five hours, a jury decided Tuesday that a member of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will serve 10 years in prison and will also pay an $8,000 fine for child sex assault. Raymond Jessop, 38, was convicted last week of child sex assault for fathering a child with a 16-year-old girl who was a polygamous wife.

Jessop said after the verdict that he was at peace with the decision. Jessop is the first of 12 FLDS members to face criminal charges coming out of last year’s raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch.

Source/Full Story: KSTU
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