A 480-pound man in a wheelchair was sentenced to 270 years in prison after he sexually abused and tortured three sisters he was babysitting.



Andrew Kowalczyk.

Fourteen years ago, Andrew F. Kowalczyk, 44, babysat the three children in motel rooms while their single, poverty-stricken mother sold crack cocaine to scratch out a living or searched for an apartment, according to the Oregonian. The girls were aged eight, and two-year-old twins.

"It turns out that Andrew was actually a monster," one of the accusers said at the sentencing hearing Monday. "I know now that he was doing something to my sisters and I so that he could rape and molest us."

"Andrew is evil itself," the 23-year-old woman added.

Kowalczyk's sentencing came after over a decade of delaying tactics, attempts to suppress evidence and over a dozen defense lawyers. Prosecutors called it the "worst of the worst" case of child pornography they had seen.

"Andrew Kowalczyk’s abuse and torture of his victims was unthinkable and will forever impact their lives," Billy Williams, U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon, said. "Kowalczyk tried every conceivable tactic to delay prosecution and rob his young victims of the justice they deserve. Today his attempts to delay punishment for his horrific crimes have ended."

In 2007, Kowalczyk was arrested on unrelated charges when police found hundreds of child pornography pictures and videos on electronic devices. They were able to track down the mother, and he went to trial almost 11 years after the initial arrest.

After the sentencing, Kowalczyk raised a middle finger toward the judge and shouted that he was "a corrupt piece of (expletive)." He said he did not "really care how much time I get."