Orange County District Attorney Media Advisory

Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney
401 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701

For Immediate Release Case # 03SF0600 February 21, 2008

Contacts:

Susan Kang Schroeder Public Affairs Counsel Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami Spokesperson Office: 714-347-8405 Cell: 714-323-4486

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHO: Sheila Marie Sikat, 28, Rancho Santa Margarita

WHAT: To be sentenced for repeatedly molesting a 4-year-old girl with her husband in their Rancho Santa Margarita home and video taping almost four hours of the graphic sexual assault. Sikat was convicted December 18, 2007 of 55 counts of sexually assaulting a child. Sikat’s husband, David Hwang, pleaded guilty on October 11, 2006 to 60 counts of various child molest charges and was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.

WHEN: Tomorrow, Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.

WHERE: Department C-37, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana

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