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Paul Pelosi attacker gets life in prison without parole

Nadine Yousif
BBC News
Getty Images Photo of David DePape, a bearded white man with slicked back hair. Getty Images
David DePape was convicted in both federal and state court for attacking Paul Pelosi, husband of Democratic lawmaker Nancy Pelosi

The man who broke into the home of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on state charges in California.

David DePape was also convicted on federal charges in May leading to a 30-year prison sentence which will now be served concurrently.

In the state trial, a San Francisco jury found DePape guilty of kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of an elder. The attack left Paul Pelosi, now 84, in hospital for six days with a fractured skull and other injuries.

In a statement after the sentencing, the Pelosi family said that "legal justice has been served".

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