Ex-deputy gets 4 life terms for assault in Calif

Published July 13, 2012 8:54pm ET



SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy and former Marine was sentenced to more than four life terms Friday for torturing his then-wife and her boyfriend after discovering their affair.

Robert McClain, 38, offered a barely audible apology before Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary Paer sentenced him to 20 years in state prison plus four life terms.

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