A grand jury returned fifteen indictments against the defendant, five charging rape of a child, G. L. c. 265, § 23, and ten charging indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13B. The indictments involved the sexual abuse of a foster child who lived with the defendant's sister between the years of 1990 and 1996. At a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant testified and denied the allegations. At the conclusion of...
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