by Bethan Sexton and Marjorie Hernandez at DailyMail
A Canadian man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Former nudist David DePape, 44, was given the sentence on Friday after being convicted of kidnapping and assault.
He admitted he planned to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage and ‘break her kneecaps’, but made her husband ‘take the punishment’ when it emerged she was not at home.
Prosecutors had asked Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley to give DePape 40 years out of a possible 50.
The couple were represented in court by their daughter Christine Pelosi who read emotional statements describing the ‘devastating’ impact of the assault and pleading for a ‘very long’ sentence.
After the sentence, the family released a statement saying they ‘could not be prouder’ of Pelosi and his ‘tremendous courage’…
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