He claims his girlfriend was cheating on him which “caused” him to be so rough with the kid that she’s paralyzed from the waist down. The rape was so brutal that the girl is now sterile. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

A Forest Park man who told police he beat and molested the 8-month-old daughter of his girlfriend because the woman was cheating on him was convicted on all charges Wednesday and sentenced to life plus 40 years in prison.

After hearing testimony for two days, the jury took 20 minutes to convict Eligio Chia-Duron, 40, of aggravated battery, aggravated child molestation and child cruelty.

The victim, now 19 months old, was injured so severely she is paralyzed from the waist down and will be confined to a wheelchair the rest of her life. Because of the sexual abuse, she will never bear children. She also suffered brain damage when Chia-Duron shook her.

Clayton County Superior Court Chief Judge Matthew O. Simmons said the maximum sentence was called for in this case.

“In some ways, murder victims are dealt with better than this,” Simmons said. “This baby was completely helpless, completely defenseless. And the only reason you have given is that you were mad at her mother.”

The mother, Fabiola Delgada Mata, 21, also was charged but pleaded guilty to one count of child cruelty in June and agreed to testify against Chia-Duron. The two lived together but Chia-Duron said Mata, a former stripper, left the baby with him while she dated other men.

When the abuse was discovered, Mata lost custody of the baby, who will be legally adopted by her foster mother in a few weeks. Mata is serving five years on probation for her role in the abuse.

The foster mother, who did not want to be identified because the adoption will be sealed and she didn’t want the defendants ever to locate her, said the wheelchair-bound toddler is “doing fine.”

But when she took the stand to deliver a victim impact statement Wednesday, the mother described what she expects from the child’s future: taunts from other students, a lack of a social life, more surgeries and possible depression.

“Maybe one day she’ll get married, but she can never have her own children,” she said. “That’s if she makes it. There is a high rate of suicide in people who have to live in wheelchairs.”

She went on to suggest that if spinal cord transplant surgery is ever perfected, Chia-Duron should provide his to the child. She also asked for the maximum sentence, as did Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney John Turner.

“He’s shown no remorse or sense of responsibility,” Turner told Simmons. “This is one of the worst, if not the worst, cases of abuse most of us have ever seen.”

Mata and Chia-Duron, who has a wife and children in Mexico, are in this country illegally, prosecutors said. His family hired attorney Steven Mackie to defend him during the trial but has no money for the appeals process, Mackie said. Chia-Duron has 30 days to appeal and will be appointed a public defender.

Just doing the jobs Americans won’t, I guess.
h/t Dreamin’ Demon