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Bristol Man Sentenced in Sex Assault on Stratford Teenager

David Feeney, 45, must serve at least seven years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.

A Bristol man was sentenced to seven years in prison and 20 years of probation Friday on a 14-year-old girl in 2011.

WTNH reported that David Feeney, 45, of Bristol, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. He was sentenced to 20 years on the condition he serves at least seven years followed by 20 years of probation.

The TV station said Feeney forced the girl to call him master while he sexually assaulted her in the backyard of her home last July.

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At the time of the arrest, police said Feeney contacted the victim on an Internet chat room, where he masqueraded as another teenager. A relative of the girl interrupted the assault.

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