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| Man who abused child he kidnapped from Queensland Kmart sentenced to eight years jail | |
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| A Queensland man who abducted a girl from a Kmart and sexually abused her in bushland has been sentenced to eight years’ prison. | |
| Sterling Mervyn Free, 27, lured the girl from a Kmart store at Westfield North Lakes, north of Brisbane, in December last year. | Sterling Mervyn Free, 27, lured the girl from a Kmart store at Westfield North Lakes, north of Brisbane, in December last year. |
| He took her to bushland about 30 minutes away, sexually assaulted her and returned her to the centre more than an hour later. | He took her to bushland about 30 minutes away, sexually assaulted her and returned her to the centre more than an hour later. |
| Free had pleaded guilty to deprivation of liberty, taking a child for immoral purposes and indecent treatment of a child under 12. | Free had pleaded guilty to deprivation of liberty, taking a child for immoral purposes and indecent treatment of a child under 12. |
| On Friday he was sentenced to eight years’ prison with a parole eligibility date of June 2021. | |
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