GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A man who videotaped the rape of a bound 18-month-old girl should never leave prison, a judge said Thursday, April 14.

Eric Masters, 29, of Lowell Township, was sentenced to 50 to 200 years in prison. He raped the girl, her arms and legs strapped to bed posts, at the former Motel 6 on 76th Street SW in Byron Township.

In a plea agreement, the minimum term was set at 50 years - the same as a federal prison sentence Masters is serving for sexual exploitation of a child.

Kent County Circuit Judge Mark Trusock set the maximum at 200 years.

"I want to send a clear message to the Parole Board, when you first come up for parole as a 79-year-old, that I don't want you out," Trusock said.

"There is just no justification, no excuse for this, sir. You are truly an evil individual and we need to make sure that you are never allowed into society. ... This incident is one of the most egregious things that I've ever had to deal with, in dealing with criminal cases for 31 years."

Masters sexually abused the girl until she was about 3. In the videotaped rape, he bound her arms and legs to bed posts. After he raped her, he urinated on her.

The girl's mother said the sexual assaults were "pure torture." Her daughter remembers the attacks and talks about them.

She said Masters needs to be locked up the rest of his life. He won't get better.

"He is a sick and twisted man."

U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell has compared Masters to cult leader and mass murderer Charles Manson.

Masters has said his addiction to child pornography led him to create his own, which he shared with others, including his brother, Timothy Matthew Masters, 33.

Timothy Masters was earlier sentenced to 27 years in prison for photographing the private area of a sleeping 10-year-old girl. In emails, he talked about his desire to rape a young girl and watch her "cringe in pain."

Eric Masters said he was once a victim of abuse. Only after his arrest did he understand he was doing the same thing to another child, he said.

"Not only could I have stopped it, I should have stopped it," he told Trusock.

He said he prayed for the girl's healing.

"God's my refuge and salvation. I'm sorry for committing this horrible crime."

If Masters happened to live long enough and be paroled, he will have to wear a global-positioning system tracking device the rest of his life, the judge said.

After he handed down the sentence, Trusock motioned to court officers: "We're done, take him to prison."

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