WEST VIRGINIA
Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON – The victim in a sexual assault case alleging 40 counts of sexual abuse by a Huntington man gave more than two hours of testimony Tuesday during the first day of trial in Cabell County Circuit Court.
Randall Pennington was indicted in September 2014 on 20 counts of second-degree sexual assault and 20 counts sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust. The case points to alleged incidents between Oct. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013.
Cabell County prosecutors allege the incidents occurred at Pennington’s home in the West End of Huntington when the alleged victim was 12.
During opening statements, assistant prosecutor Kellie Neal told the jury of 10 women and four men (two jurors are alternates) that the victim’s mother was a single mother who trusted a lifelong friend to watch her child while she worked the night shift at a local hospital.
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