Youth coach sentenced to life for child sex assaults

Friday, September 11, 2015
NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A former youth football coach will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting several children in North Philadelphia.

On Friday a judge sentenced Leon Watson to 114 to 228 years behind bars.
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Prosecutors said he met his victims while coaching for two local teams.

A jury convicted Watson in January of molesting five young boys along with a 21-year-old mentally disabled adult.
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