The assault took place at a home from which the girl was participating in class remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic, prosecutors said. — Image by fabrikasimf on Freepik
CHICAGO: A judge on Aug 16 sentenced a Chicago man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old female relative in an act witnessed in an online forum used for remote teaching.
Catrell Walls, 21, pleaded guilty to a felony sexual assault charge for the Oct 15, 2020, attack. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped two other felony counts and an unrelated weapons case, the Chicago Tribune reported.
