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Child Molester, 64, Gets 45 Years to Life in Prison

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From Times Staff Reports

A Simi Valley man was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison Friday after admitting he molested two young girls in his suburban neighborhood.

John Berry, a 64-year-old retired construction worker, apologized and tearfully asked for leniency during a sentencing hearing in Ventura County Superior Court.

But Judge Herbert Curtis told Berry his request for probation was “out of the question.”

Berry denied the allegations until just before trial, when prosecutors obtained copies of medical records that showed he had confided to his doctor that he molested the girls.

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