Man who ‘wanted to eat a child’ sentenced to probation

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Man accused of wanting to eat a child sentenced to five years probation
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A South Carolina man who allegedly wanted to enslave and eat a child has been sentenced to five years of probation. The 36-year-old, Justin Teeter Bensing, was originally sentenced to nine years in prison for criminal solicitation of a minor, but the ruling was overturned after Bensing was diagnosed with autism and because he had no prior convictions.

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