A Worcester man was sentenced to decades in prison for kidnapping and strangling a 7-year-old girl before throwing her off a bridge in 2017, officials announced Oct. 17.

Joshua Hubert , 43, received two consecutive sentences of 14 to 15 years in prison for attempted murder and one sentence or four to five years for strangulation to be served concurrently with one of the attempted murder sentences, the office of Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early said in a statement.

Hubert was also sentenced to 4 years of probation for a kidnapping conviction to run after his prison sentences, Early said.

Hubert was found guilty of attempted murder, strangulation, and kidnapping a child in September. He was acquitted of two additional counts of child rape, court records show.

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