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Horrible perv who claimed he sexually abused a three-year-old girl by ACCIDENT, after he mistook her for his wife in bed, jailed for 200 years – Henry Vincent Bennett of WV will serve a minimum of 50 years

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"billboard&lowbar;wrapper relative">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Awful&nbsp&semi; West Virginia man who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl multiple times claimed in a courtroom that it was by ACCIDENT<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Henry Vincent Bennett of Bluefield was sentenced&nbsp&semi; 25 to 100 years for each of two first-degree sexual assault charges on Tuesday after court rejected his defense of &nbsp&semi;diminished mental capacity&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>27-year-old&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><strong>Bennett will spend a minimum 50 years in prison after he was found guilty of incest by a parent against the toddler<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Jury convicted Bennett in less than half an hour in a December&nbsp&semi; trial that lasted only two days in the <&sol;strong><strong>Mercer Circuit Court<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>He was convicted on six felony counts of first degree sexual assault and first degree sexual abuse<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Judge Derek Swope noted problems the child could suffer later in life before sentencing to spend &&num;8216&semi;the rest of his effective life&&num;8217&semi; in prison<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>At the time of Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s arrest in Feb of 2018 he admitted to one incident involving a sex toy and another involving oral sex<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Bennett told police he thought the young girl was his 185-pound wife&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>At trial he argued he had made a false confession due to low mental capacity&comma; but was forced to repeat the confession on the witness stand under <&sol;strong><strong>cross-examination<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The pedophile&&num;8217&semi;s wife April Bennet&comma; 24&comma;<&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">initially charged as an accessory to Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s crimes&comma;&nbsp&semi; later took a deal pleading guilty to a charge of child neglect<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"author-section byline-plain"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312904" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Henry-Vincent-Bennett-1-251x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"794"> <strong>Henry Vincent Bennett&comma; 27&comma; who told police he sexually abused a three-year-old girl by accident has been sentenced to serve at least 50 years of a 200 year sentence in prison in WV before he&&num;8217&semi;s eligible for parole<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A West Virginia man who told police he sexually abused a three-year-old girl several times&comma; by accident&comma; must serve at least 50 years in prison before he is eligible for parole&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mercer Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope noted problems the child could suffer later in life before sentencing 27-year-old Henry Vincent Bennett of Bluefield to 25 to 100 years for each of two first-degree sexual assault charges on Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;kuft&amp&semi;banner&equals;07V9YHKS4HY556H67002&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;b201c7d221c36bec871177c26785085d&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amzn&lowbar;music&lowbar;bounty&amp&semi;banner&equals;01ZTJ18Y6PDZG4QH4NG2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;3801ded11355f2bdbdc35e6f531285b6&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;After a two-day trial&comma; it took a jury less than half an hour to convict Bennett&nbsp&semi;of Bluefield&comma; WV&comma; of sexual assault against a three-year-old&period; Bennett was convicted on six felony counts of first degree sexual assault and first degree sexual abuse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the prosecutor George Sitler&comma; the allegations first came to light in February 2018 when the victim &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;made incriminating disclosures to family members and a social worker&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;A jury convicted Bennett of sexual assault and other charges in December&comma;&nbsp&semi;after he repeated his confession that he mistook the toddler for his 24-year-old wife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors said Bennett told detectives that he twice mistook the toddler for his wife after she climbed into his bed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s lawyers said his admission to Bluefield police was coerced&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Swope says Bennet will be in prison &&num;8216&semi;for the rest of his effective life&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group artSplitter">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312905" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Henry-Vincent-Bennett-2-300x192&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"830" height&equals;"531"> Crocodile tears&colon; During cross-examination&nbsp&semi;the prosecutor a tearful Bennett a box of tissues&comma; before tripping him&comma; getting him to repeat the confession to the crime<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">When Vincent was convicted of sexual abuse by a parent and incest last year&comma; it took the jury less than 30 minutes of deliberation to come to the conclusion that he sexually assaulted a little girl after he confessed on the stand&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bennett was first arrested in February of 2018&comma; after the toddler told family members and then state child safety workers that she had been sexually abused&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;48&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;kindlerotating&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;b710f109988fe5b382a7b95b8d56752c&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"90" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;The young girl at one point made a model of a penis out of Play-Doh and said it was Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;butt&&num;8217&semi;&comma; and said that Bennett had put his &&num;8216&semi;butt on her butt&&num;8217&semi;&comma; testified Cindy Lambert&comma; a child advocacy worker&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When police first brought Bennett in for questioning&comma; he denied sexually assaulting the three-year-old girl&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eventually&comma; Bennett confessed to sexually assaulting the girl on two occasions&colon; once involving a sex toy&comma; and once involving oral sex&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;" wp-image-312908 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;April-Bennett-1-212x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"277" height&equals;"392">Bennett and his wife April &lbrack;left&rsqb; were both arrested in February&comma; after the girl told family members and social workers horrible allegations of sexual abuse at Benentt&&num;8217&semi;s hands<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">Bennett told police that both incidents were accidents&comma; after the toddler crawled into the bed while his wife was away in the bathroom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He claimed he mistook the 30-pound girl for his 185-pound wife both times&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the first instance he said he he &&num;8216&semi;accidentally&&num;8217&semi; placed a sex toy in the toddler&&num;8217&semi;s buttocks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The second time&comma; he said his wife was performing oral sex on him&comma; and then got up to go to the bathroom&period; He claimed the girl came into the room and began performing oral sex on him before he realized she was not his wife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The sickening case took a dramatic twist when Bennett&comma; who had claimed police pressured him into a false confession&comma; slipped up on the witness stand and repeated his confession in front of the jury&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;ridtattoo&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net&quest;tid&equals;applyeasycreamjar"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;getridtattoo&period;com&sol;images&sol;ApplyEasyCreamJar&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a TV moment&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a thing that happens on crime shows like Perry Mason&comma;&&num;8217&semi; prosecutor George Sitler told <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wvva&period;com&sol;news&sol;top-stories&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;13&sol;bluefield-man-found-guilty-of-child-molestation&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">WVVA<&sol;a> after the trial&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;You wait your whole career to get somebody to actually confess to what they&&num;8217&semi;re accused of on the stand&comma; and this is the first time I&&num;8217&semi;ve ever seen it happen&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the prosecutor added&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312907" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Henry-Vincent-Bennett-his-wife-April-Bennett-and-the-infant-victim-he-abused-3-300x226&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"941" height&equals;"709"><strong>Worst parents of the century&colon; Bennett&nbsp&semi; seen with his wife April and the child victim&comma; told police that he mistook the girl for his 185 lb wife on two occasions&comma; one involving oral sex and another involving a sex toy<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">During his trial Bennett recanted his initial confession to police&comma; claiming diminished mental capacity instead&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After videos of Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s confession to police were played before the jury at his trial&comma; his lawyer argued that the confession be thrown out because of his diminished mental capacity which made him susceptible to police pressure tactics&comma; the confession therefore was false&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before tripping up and confessing on the stand&comma; Bennett maintained that his confession had been coerced by his police interviewers&comma; when they promised him he could go home if he just confessed&comma; the <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bdtonline&period;com&sol;news&sol;bennett-guilty-of-child-sexual-abuse&sol;article&lowbar;37010658-ff11-11e8-b836-67b114e3f9ec&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bennett testified that he had been in special education&comma; dropped out of school in ninth grade and twice failed to earn a GED&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-2&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Under cross-examination&nbsp&semi; with a recanting Bennett repeatedly denying that his confession to police was true the prosecutor asked him&semi; &&num;8216&semi;You thought making up a story would give you can chance to go home&quest;&&num;8217&semi; Sitler asked&comma; handing Bennett a box of tissues to wipe away his tears&period; &&num;8216&semi;Why did you do it&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Because I was scared&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Bennett replied&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sitler then pointed to a table in the courtroom full of sex toys&comma; and reminded Bennett he had told police which one he&&num;8217&semi;d used on the young girl&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prosecutor then grilled Bennett on how he possibly could have mistaken the tiny girl for his wife&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I was laying on my back&&num;8230&semi; I thought it was April&comma; and when I rolled over &lpar;the girl&rpar; yelled&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Bennett said&comma; apparently repeating his confession before the jury in a moment that stunned the courtroom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both Bennett and his wife&comma; 24-year-old April Bennett&comma; were arrested after the child reported the abuse&period; April was originally charged as an accessory to Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s crimes&comma; but later took a deal pleading guilty to a charge of child neglect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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