A 16-year-old girl wept as she told a judge how her polygamist
father took her to a remote family ranch near the Utah-Idaho border and
whipped her with a belt because she rebelled against a marriage to his
brother.
Twenty-eight times her father, John
Daniel Kingston, whipped her, she testified, before she apparently
passed out.On Wednesday, 1st District Judge Ben Hadfield ordered
Kingston, 43, a prominent member of a Utah polygamist group, to stand
trial for the May 24 assault on the girl.
Kingston faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
The girl's voice cracked throughout her testimony and she cried
openly when Box Elder County Attorney Jon Bunderson asked her to
identify the man who hit her. She pointed to Kingston.
Polygamist faces trial in daughter's beating | Deseret News
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