CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Two Clarion County sex offenders received lengthy prison sentences on Wednesday in the Court of Common Pleas.
President Judge James Arner delivered a sentence of a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 36 years to Bassam Kamel Yakteen, 70, for the crimes he committed against an 11-year-old girl at a Clarion residence in November of 2015.
In October, a jury of seven women and five men found Yakteen guilty of a total of 41 counts that included 40 felonies. The offenses included child rape, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault of a child less than 13 years of age, sexual assault, terroristic threats, as well as conspiracy.