Manhattan Karate Teacher Busted On Underage Sex Charges
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A former karate instructor was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday for sexually abusing underage students.
Hector Bencosme, 59, pleaded guilty last month to abusing four girls between the ages of 14 and 15 during lessons in the basement of a building in Inwood.
He also admitted to possessing child pornography documenting the abuse.
Bencosme, who was arrested in May of last year, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years supervised probation.
In court, a prosecutor read a statement from one of the victims, who said, "Every time I think about it, I cry."
Bencosme briefly addressed the court and apologized to one of his former students and her family.
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