18 years for man who abused runaway teen
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September 19, 2026
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A 48-year-old Valencia man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for repeatedly buggering a 15-year-old boy whom he took in after the teenager ran away from home more than a decade ago.
Nigel Gordon Phillip was convicted of two counts of buggery by a nine-member jury before Justice Nalini Singh in late June and was sentenced this morning.
Phillip was accused of abusing the teenager between April and May 2015.
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