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WAILUKU -- A 19-year-old man who broke into a Wailuku home in May and sexually assaulted a 9-year-old boy as he slept was sentenced Friday to one year in jail and five years' probation.
Second Circuit Court Judge Richard Bissen handed down the sentence, following a plea agreement, to Marujel Kedibar, also known as Murjel Keribar.
Kedibar was given credit for the time spent in jail. He was ordered to stay away from the boy, his family and other minors, as well as the residence.
Kedibar, who has no local address, pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second-degree unauthorized entry into a dwelling and third-degree sexual assault in the incident on May 6 in Wailuku.
He did not address the court at sentencing Friday.
Deputy Prosecutor Kristin Coccaro called the acts "egregious" as Kedibar went into a home when a family was sleeping and sexually assaulted a 9-year-old boy, who still is recovering from the incident.
"He is afraid and is uncomfortable in his own home," Coccaro said of the victim. "This is not fair to do to a 9-year-old."
Coccaro said the victim's family also is planning to move because they, too, have been affected by the incident.
She added that Kedibar has not taken responsibility for his actions.
Defense attorney Damir Kouliev said his client realizes the trauma that the incident has caused and is apologetic. But Kouliev said Kedibar was drunk and high on methamphetamine at the time.
Kedibar has been on the streets since he was 16 and did not have family support, Kouliev said.
Other terms of his sentence included not owning or possessing pornographic material, refraining from hitchhiking or picking up hitchhikers, and participating in the Hawaii Sex Offender Treatment Program.
He also was resentenced to one year in jail for violating his probation in a case involving an abuse of a family or household member case. Terms will run concurrently.