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Sex abuser sentenced to five years but is free during appeal |
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Sex abuser sentenced to five years but is free during appeal
by Greg Kocher
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/12825611.htm
VERSAILLES
A Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentor convicted of sexual
abuse was sentenced today to five years in prison, but
he won't go to prison any time soon. John "Tim" Jenkins
is appealing his conviction and has filed a motion for a
new trial. The motion is based on testimony heard at trial
that never came up during pre-trial preparations, defense
attorney Guthrie True said. If Woodford Circuit Judge
Paul Isaacs turns down the motion for a new trial, the
appeal will go to the state Court of Appeals. That means
Jenkins will remain free for possibly a year.
Jenkins was released from jail on a $100,000 bond after
Isaacs cited a rule allowing bail for a defendant whose
sentence has not begun.
Jenkins, 55, was a mentor to a boy through Big Brothers
of the Bluegrass. He was accused of sodomizing and
abusing the child, when the boy was 8. Jenkins was
paired with the boy in 2001. UK football games, baseball
games and target shooting were some activities they
did together.
They also went swimming at Falling Springs Arts and Recreation Center. On Oct. 8,
2003, lifeguards became alarmed while watching Jenkins play with his "little brother"
and another boy, then 6.
Details the boys told on the stand had never been described before, True said.
"We can deal with changes in the story that we know about prior to trial," True said.
"What we can't deal with, and what I think the Constitution says a person charged
with a crime shouldn't have to deal with, is being confronted with a new version of
the facts for the first time at trial, without any opportunity to address them."
True said Jenkins, a manager at one of the two Osram Sylvania plants in Versailles,
is grateful that he was acquitted on two counts of first-degree sodomy that might
have led to a minimum 20-year sentence.
"He regrets ever having become involved in the (Big Brothers) program at all, but
that's water under the bridge," True said. "He probably made an error in not having
another adult with him when he was with the two boys at the swimming pool."
Isaacs also ordered Jenkins to pay a $250 fine for indecent exposure.
The judge warned Jenkins not to violate the conditions of his appeal bond, or he
would risk going to jail.
Those conditions say Jenkins is not to leave Woodford County without written consent
of the court, except to consult with his attorney in Frankfort. Jenkins was to
surrender any passport to the Woodford County sheriff, according to the judge's Sept.
9 order.
In addition, the order prohibited Jenkins from "any activity which would put him in
contact with any child under the age of 18 without the physical supervision of the
child's parent or guardian."
No child younger than 18 is allowed to visit Jenkins' Versailles home unless the
parent or guardian is present.
Jenkins also is barred from activities such as Big Brothers, Boy Scouts of America or
any athletic event involving children.
Reach Greg Kocher in the Nicholasville bureau at (859) 885-5775 or
gkocher1@herald-leader.com
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