Man from Normal sentenced to 300-years in prison for sexually assaulting a child

Posted on February 8, 2021
Austin Doyle, 30, of Normal. (Photo courtesy: McLean County Jail)

By Heart of Illinois ABC

NORMAL – A judge has ordered a man from Normal to spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting a child.

McLean County Judge Casey Costigan sentenced Austin Doyle, 30, pleaded guilty in December to 50-years on each of the six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, for a total of 300 years in prison.

Prior to Friday’s sentencing hearing, the judge reviewed more than 120 videos and photos of the sex crimes that Doyle reportedly took using his cell phone.

Prosecutors said the assaults happened between 2017 and January of last year, all involving the same victim. Doyle pleaded guilty to the charges in December.

Doyle’s attorney asked for the minimum 36-year prison sentence, while prosecutors recommended the maximum 360 years.

Doyle can appeal the sentence to a higher court.

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