A paedophile has been jailed for up to 775 years after filming himself sexually abusing a baby girl on video. Richard Smith was sentenced Wednesday in Kanawha County Circuit Court to a minimum 205 years and maximum 775 years in prison.
He was convicted on 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse, four counts of first-degree sexual assault and five counts of sexual abuse by a parent or guardian.
Smith and his ex-girlfriend, Roseanna Thompson, were arrested after police were tipped off he had child porn at his home. Thompson is set to go trial in March.
The couple were arrested in May, 2018, but the alleged crimes happened in 2015 at a home in South Charleston, West Virginia.
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