Man, 41, gets life in child sex case

Clay County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Mark Nicholls

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – A 41-year-old Clay County man was sentenced this week to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual battery, incest, possession of photographs/sexual performance by child, promoting a sexual performance and lewd or lascivious molestation.

In 2013, the victims, a male and female who are now adults, told authorities how Mark Nicholls had sexually abused them starting when they were 11 and 14 years old.

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The investigation revealed that Nicholls forced sex and took sexually explicit photos of one of the victims on numerous occasions since 2007.

Nicholls has been designated a sexual predator.


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