A 58-year-old Cape Charles area man was sentenced to a year and three months of active time in jail Monday in Northampton Circuit Court for taking indecent liberties with a child, who considered him to be a grandfather figure.
Judge Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. sentenced Charles Robbins, of Cherrystone Road, to 10 years in prison with all but the active time suspended. Robbins has already served about four months in the Eastern Shore Regional Jail in Eastville.
Lewis refused to grant the defendant bond while he appeals the conviction. He also denied the defense’s request to set aside the verdict, which was rendered by a 12-member jury last year…