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Martial arts teacher gets 5 years for child rape

By Associated Press
Published: October 26, 2018, 9:28am

SEATTLE — A judge has sentenced a suburban Seattle martial arts instructor to five years in prison for child rape involving a martial arts student.

SeattlePI.com reports 44-year-old Robert Morrison who owned Lee’s Martial Arts in Renton was sentenced by King County Judge John Erlick Thursday.

Morrison pleaded guilty in August to three counts of child rape, one count of felony immoral communication with a minor and one count of misdemeanor immoral communication with a minor.

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