SEX ASSAULT Nasty doc gets 60 years in jail KASHMIR RACER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE

Washington, Dec. 8: Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar — accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 young girls in his care, including members of the gold-medal winning US Olympic team — was sentenced to 60 years in prison for child pornography.

The 54-year-old Nassar, who is facing sentencing next month on separate sexual assault charges, pleaded guilty in July to three counts of possessing child pornography.

The doctor, who worked at Michigan State University in addition to USA Gymnastics, was found to be in possession of more than 37,000 graphic videos and images of child pornography on his computer hard drives.

He was given the maximum 20 years in prison on each count by US District Judge Janet Neff at a federal court hearing in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“He has demonstrated that he should never again have access to children,” Neff was quoted by the local Lansing State Journal newspaper as saying.

“You have to wonder whether he felt he was omnipotent, whether he felt he was getting away with something so cleverly,” she added.

Nassar said in court he was ashamed of his actions and had lost everything. — AFP New York, Dec. 8: A 25year-old Indian sportsman, arrested in the US on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, has avoided trial by pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and would be deported, authorities said.

Tanveer Hussain, a snowshoe racer from Kashmir, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanour for “engaging in a passionate kiss” with a 12-year-old victim and “touching her in an intimate area over her clothing”.

He was arrested on March 1 following the incident which took place on February 27 at a village bed and breakfast.

The athlete had travelled to Saranac Lake in upstate New York, from Kashmir, with fellow athlete Abid Hussain Khan to participate in the World Snowshoe Championships from February 23 to 25.

He faced two to seven years of jail and a postrelease supervision for three to 10 years. Hussain entered the plea in a Essex County Court, the district attorney in New York State said. — PTI