A 50-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two 6-year-old girls he is related to in Huntington Beach.
Orland Gaitan Diaz pleaded guilty Jan. 28 to nine counts of lewd acts with a child younger than 14 and two counts of sexual intercourse with a child 10 or younger, all felonies.
Diaz is accused of attacking the girls in 2011, according to court records.
He was given credit Wednesday for 2,268 days behind bars. Diaz was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
One of the girls said the defendant sexually assaulted her when she was in bed one night, police testified at his preliminary hearing. She said the attacks began when she was in first grade, police testified.
The girl told her mother, but she did not believe her, police testified. The other victim witnessed the attack of the girl and was also molested, police testified.