Verdict Reached in Sexual Assault Trial of Vernon Man

A Rockville Superior Court jury needed just three hours to convict a Vernon man on 16 charges involving the repeated sexual assaults of a young girl over a five-year period.

Jurors in the trial of Daniel Wine, 47, began deliberations in mid-afternoon Tuesday, then reached a verdict of guilty just after 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Hartford Courant reported.

Wine was convicted of sexually assaulting the girl on multiple occasions beginning in 2004, when she was just 7 years old. The abuse continued until 2009, when the victim was 12, according to court documents.

In this case, according to judicial records, Wine was charged with six counts of illegal sexual contact with a minor, five counts of first-degree sexual assault of a victim under age 13, and single counts of fourth-degree sexual assault of a victim under age 16, conspiracy to commit illegal sexual contact with a minor, risk of injury to a child, attempt to commit first-degree sexual assault of a victim under age 13 and attempt to commit illegal sexual contact with a minor.

Wine is awaiting trial on three other cases, stemming from incidents which allegedly took place in 2012 and 2013. He is being held on bonds totaling $260,500, judicial records show.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 8, 2016, according to the Courant.

Read more at www.courant.com.

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