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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California man was sentenced to life in federal prison Tuesday for buying Filipino children for sex and pornography in what prosecutors called one of most “lurid, wilful, and disturbing” child exploitation cases in the nation.

U.S. District Judge John Mendez said he was sickened by the crimes committed by Michael Carey Clemans, 57, of Sacramento.

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Prosecutors say he gave detailed instructions on how young girls should be posed, how their hair should be cut, whether they should wear makeup or have their bodies oiled.

“His true plan was to find young girls, virgins, and then go have sex with them,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Andre Espinosa said. “A 57-year-old man doesn’t have sex with a 7-year-old girl — he rapes her.”

The sentence came after defence attorney Daniel Olmos argued that the judge should consider Clemans’ co-operation in helping authorities catch his co-conspirators.