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The father of a little girl badly burned in a 2015 house fire set by her mother’s jilted boyfriend says he is outraged at the “pitiful” jail sentence the man was handed Monday.

“This slap on the wrist sets a dangerous precedent in that it sends a message that hurting a child in this country will not carry any sort of punishment,” Jose Rueda said in a written statement issued after the sentencing of Kenneth James Kormendy.

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Kormendy, 45, was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison for the attempted murders of Isabel Rueda, her mother Sherri, and Sherri’s toddler, Felicia. Kormendy was given three years’ credit for the time he has spent in custody since his Oct. 24, 2015, crime, meaning his sentence is reduced to seven years and 345 days. He can apply for parole after serving another 2½ years.

“No amount of jail time will return this family to the status quo before the fire, but (this) sentence is tragically laughable,” Jose Rueda said. “What we learned today is that this is truly a criminal justice system, not a victim justice system.”