A Gainesville man was found guilty Thursday on all counts related to the sexual abuse of a young girl and was given life plus 20 years.
"The jury deliberated for about three and a half hours after three days of trial," said Lee Darragh, District Attorney for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia. "The victim in the case was seven or eight when the abuse began, and at age 11 was when she first revealed that she was being abused."
David Shun Hewitt, 41, was convicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of aggravated sodomy and four counts of child molestation.
At the time of Hewitt's arrest nearly two years ago, it was reported that investigators said they learned of the molestation when deputies answered a call about a domestic dispute on July 31, 2020. Deputies met the victim and an adult family member outside of a business on Thompson Bridge Road. The two had left their home when Hewitt and the adult had a dispute. During that meeting, the victim told the deputies and the family member about the assault.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hewitt is also facing charges related to an incident of alleged gang violence while he was in prison.
