WARREN, Ohio - A 78-year-old Warren man has been handed a live prison sentence for raping a 9-year-old girl.

Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice sentenced Jose Gaetan on Thursday, saying he would not be eligible for parole for 25 years, meaning Gaeton would be 103 years old before he could apply for parole.

After deliberating less than three hours last month, a jury returned a guilty verdict against  Gaetan on two counts of rape, and five counts of gross sexual imposition. Gaetan was found "not guilty" on one count of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.

The charges came after an incident involving the girl at Gaetan’s Federal St NW home in February of last year.

Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Gabe Wildman said it was the young victim’s testimony that was especially convincing. Wildman says the grooming all began with Gaetan showering with the victim when she was just five years old.