A piano teacher found guilty of molesting an 8-year-old Menlo Park girl during weekly piano lessons at her home was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison.
Boping Chen, 54, was sentenced June 30 in San Mateo County Superior Court.
In March, a jury found him guilty of 63 counts of committing lewd acts upon a minor under the age of 14. The crimes took place between March 2001 and August 2004, when Mr. Chen fondled the girl under her clothing, prosecutors said.
Mr. Chen, an immigrant from Shanghai in 2000, said he was teaching about 30 students during this three-year period.
Mr. Chen had earlier rejected a judge’s pretrial offer of 10 years in prison, said Melissa McKowan, a San Mateo County deputy district attorney.
— Bay City News
