Morgan County man found guilty of several child sex crimes sentenced to three life sentences
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Barnett man found guilty of a dozen child sex crimes was sentenced on Monday to three consecutive life sentences and another 72 years.
A Morgan County jury found Gilbert Silvey Jr. guilty in April of first-degree statutory rape, two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape, two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and six counts of incest.
His Silvey’s sentences are to be served consecutively, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
The Attorney General’s Office was appointed to prosecute the Silvey case after a conflict arose for the Morgan County Prosecutor’s Office, according to an April press release.
In 2009, Silvey was convicted of first-degree child molestation and was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections, and returned home in March 2013. He began abusing the 10-year-old victim shortly after being released.
