SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A former nursing assistant who admitted he sexually molested an 11-year-old boy at a Salt Lake City hospital has been sentenced to up to life in the Utah State Prison.
Third District Judge Deno Himonas sentenced 23-year-old David Jensen Wednesday to two consecutive terms of three years to life, which means he’ll be eligible for parole after a minimum of sex years.
Jensen pleaded guilty earlier to two charges of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Prosecutors say the boy was recovering from brain surgery at Primary Children’s Hospital last October when Jensen entered his room, lifted the boy’s medical gown and touched the patient’s “private parts.”
Jensen apologized to the boy’s parents before sentencing, but they said Jensen deserved the maximum penalty because he ruined their son’s life.
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