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KC man gets life in prison for child rape

  • Published Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012, at 5:43 p.m.
  • Updated Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012, at 6:21 p.m.

A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for raping a child under 14.

Kenneth Leon Billings, 51, will have no chance of parole for 80 years under “Jessica’s law,” a Kansas statute that carries strict penalties for sex offenders who victimize children.

Billings was convicted by a jury in Wyandotte County District Court of four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of rape. The incidents occurred between 2006 and 2010.

| Matt Campbell, mcampbell@kcstar.com

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