Former Army Specialist Gets 75 Years In Child Sex Abuse Case

OAK BROOK, IL — A former army specialist who earned the trust and respect of an Oak Brook family he lived with for two years all while, unbeknownst to them, sexually assaulting their young child has been sentenced to 75 years in prison, prosecutors said Thursday. The sentence was handed down after a DuPage County jury found Andrew Hui, 40, guilty on 12 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

He will be required to serve 85 percent of the 72-year sentence on the predatory criminal sexual assault charges and 50 percent of the three-year aggravated criminal sexual abuse charge, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

Hui has been in custody since his arrest in May 2015.

Authorities said Hui sexually assaulted the girl on multiple occasions starting in April 2011 and continuing through June 2013 while living the girl's family at her home in Oak Brook. The girl was 7 years old when the sexual abuse began, and she testified against Hui during his trial, the Chicago Tribune reports. Hui claimed the girl was curious about sex, saying the acts were consensual.

The girl eventually told her father about the sexual assaults, and he reported the abuse to the Oak Brook Police Department.

Berlin credited local investigators,and the DuPage County Children's Center for their work on the "extremely disturbing case."

“For more than two years, Andrew Hui repeatedly sexually assaulted his young victim just to satisfy his own sick sexual desires,” Berlin said “What is particularly disturbing in this case is that Mr. Hui was an Army Specialist and as such was trusted by the victim’s family and looked up to and admired by his victim. He repaid the trust and admiration placed in him by sexually assaulting his young victim time and time again.”