Ex-con who hanged toddler repeatedly sentenced to prison

An us-regions man who had already served five stints in prison has been crime” target=”_blank”>sentenced<. He had earlier pleaded to two counts of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and being a felon in possession of a knife.

David Coleman, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 42 to 52 years in prison for choking his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter repeatedly. 
(Nebraska Sex Offender Registry)

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Coleman was arrested in December after his girlfriend found a video on his phone showing him hanging her 2-year-old daughter by her neck with a scarf in a storage unit until she was unconscious. Police said they later found other video of Coleman strangling the girl while the toddler was in a car seat.

Coleman had previously served prison time for crimes ranging from child abuse to statutory rape.