Wichita child rapist gets life in prison after girl was sexually abused for years

A 55-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison after a teenage girl was raped for years.

Dzung Ngoc Ninh was sentenced Tuesday in Sedgwick County District Court to one life sentence plus 165 months in prison, District Attorney Marc Bennett said in a news release. Ninh will be eligible for parole after 25 years; if he is granted parole, then he will begin serving the 165-month sentence.

A jury previously found Ninh guilty of three counts of rape, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He was not convicted of a fourth count of rape.

“The sexual assaults began when the victim was 13 and continued until she turned 17 in 2017,” Bennett said. “Ninh was arrested shortly after the victim’s boyfriend told her mother about the sexual abuse. The mother contacted police.”

The District Attorney’s Office said District Judge Jeffrey Syrios referenced the victim’s fear during his ruling.

“No doubt in my mind those fears have now become a reality for her, and that reality will likely continue for the rest of her life,” Syrios said. “There is a price for imposing that reality on her, on stealing that innocence. The price is this sentence.”

This story was originally published March 18, 2020 at 2:26 PM.