EDITOR’S NOTE: It is the policy of the Tyler Morning Telegraph to not name the victims of sexual assault to protect their identities and encourage the reporting of such crimes.

By CASEY KNAUPP
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
5/14/2008

A fourth-grade girl testified Tuesday about how she was repeatedly raped by a man who babysat her when she was 8.

Undre Demon Stewart, 24, of Tyler, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child by a Smith County jury in 241st District Judge Jack Skeen Jr.’s court after an hour and a half of deliberation. He faces five years to life in prison when the jury returns Wednesday for his punishment trial.

The defendant testified, denying that he ever had sex with the girl and that he ever babysat her during the timeframe of the allegations.

The victim, now 11, said she had known Stewart, or “Fat Daddy” her entire life and he would baby sit her and her siblings and cousins when their mothers went out at night. She said on three occasions, at three different locations, Stewart touched his privates to her privates.

“He had sex with me,” she said hesitantly.

Each time, Stewart told her that if she told anyone about what he did, he would “whoop” her, she said.

The girl said she was afraid to tell people and was afraid to testify.

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