WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A judge has sentenced a 25-year-old man to life in prison for the sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14. 

The Sedgwick County district attorney's office said Jonathon Elliott was sentenced on Thursday for convictions of criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. 

The assault happened in 2016 but was not reported until 2020.

Elliott was registered as a sex offender on February 20.