American rapper R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child pornography and child sexual abuse .
The sentence will overlap with the 30 years he is already serving . The Chicago court ruling comes after the former R&B star 's violence was captured in footage showing him abusing a 14-year-old girl .
It would be a victory for the defense which - in response to the requests of the prosecution, 25 years to be served at the end of the first sentence - has obtained from the judge that the prison sentence can be superimposed on the existing one . In the past, in fact, the singer had been convicted in Brooklyn of sex trafficking, criminal association and other crimes .
“Kelly is already serving a life sentence because when he gets out of prison he will be in his eighties . In case he survives the 30 years of detention it is unlikely that he will be able to commit other crimes », argued the defense in the courtroom.
(Unioneonline/vf)
