Clifton Allen Lavinskey Sexual fiend - a monster gets 30 years to think about it

The prosecutor noted that Lavinskey also initially placed blame on the girl, claiming she initiated their early sexual encounters. Giardini called the case "appalling."

Giardini said that the 30-year sentence showed that Wood appreciated "the damage done to young people at the hands of monsters such as Clifton Lavinskey."

A Grand Bay man who sexually accosted a young girl over four years and was charged with incest received a 30-year prison sentence Wednesday in Mobile County Circuit Court.

In exchange for guilty pleas to second-degree rape and first-degree sex abuse, the incest charge against 36-year-old Clifton Allen Lavinskey was dropped.

Circuit Judge James Wood imposed the sentences — 20 years for rape, 10 years for sex abuse — and ordered that Lavinskey serve them consecutively.

Assistant District Attorney Steve Giardini, who prosecuted the case, said a police investigator testified that the sexual relationship between Lavinskey and the girl began when she about 12 and ended when she was 15 and pregnant.

Lavinskey did not address the court Wednesday, and the victim, now in her late teens, was not present, the prosecutor said.

Giardini told Wood that in a statement to investigators following his 2007 arrest, Lavinskey admitted having sex with the girl almost daily.

The prosecutor noted that Lavinskey also initially placed blame on the girl, claiming she initiated their early sexual encounters. Giardini called the case "appalling."

Giardini said that the 30-year sentence showed that Wood appreciated "the damage done to young people at the hands of monsters such as Clifton Lavinskey."