Former Delaware pediatrician found guilty on child rape charges

2011-06-24 07:07:36 GMT+7 (ICT)

LEWES, DELAWARE (BNO NEWS) -- A former pediatrician from the state of Delaware was found guilty on Thursday on 24 child sexual abuse-related charges, including rape and exploitation, prosecutors said.

Earl Bradley, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but operated in Lewes, Delaware, was indicted in February 2010 on 471 charges for allegedly raping, exploiting, and molesting 103 child patients. Two months later, he was charged with 58 more offenses for abusing another 24 victims.

On Thursday, Superior Court Judge William Carpenter Jr. announced that the court found Bradley guilty of 14 counts of first degree rape, five counts of second-degree assault and five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, the Sussex Countian reported.

Delaware State Police Detective Scott Garland of the High Technology Crimes Unit was the chief witness against Bradley, as he obtained around 13 hours of harsh video evidence when searching Bradley's home and office under an issued warrant.

The video evidence, which includes 89 incidents with 86 different victims, was later given to Judge Carpenter Jr. for further examination, but according to Garland's testimony, the videos show Bradley forcing several child victims being forced to perform oral sex on him. In some occasions, the child is seen nearly choked to death, while in other incidents, the victims' parents were in the same room, separated only by a drape, as Bradley would perform 'routine examinations.'

Bradley's victims were averagely aged around three years old, and include children as young as three months old, while the eldest include two 14-year-old girls.

The original charges were consolidated into the 24 charges, and during the sentencing, which is scheduled for August 26, Bradley could be sentenced to life in prison for each of the 14 rape charges, in addition to the assault and sexual exploitation of a child charges.

During Thursday's verdict at a Georgetown Superior Courtroom, more than 60 onlookers and almost 20 members of the Delaware Corrections Department and Capitol Police were present.

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Low life excuse of a human.

Remove his "tools", problem solved, he will never do it again. A holes like this don`t deserve any better .