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ThreeChinesestudentsstudyingintheSanGabrielValleywillserveprisontimeforthekidnappingandassaultofaclassmateunderapleadealreachedthisweek,endingacasethatdrewinternationalheadlines.

TheattackinMarchoflastyearturnedthespotlightonthegrowingnumberofso-calledparachutekids—mostlyChinesestudentswholiveandattendschoolinSouthernCaliforniawhiletheirparentsremaininChina,theLosAngelesTimesreportedFriday.

AuthoritiesallegedthatYunyao“Helen”Zhai,Yuhan“Coco”YangandXinlei“John”ZhangwerepartofagroupofteenswhoforcedYiran“Camellia”LiutouseherhandstowipecigarettebuttsandicecreamfromthefloorofaRowlandHeightsicecreamparlor.

Liu,whowas18atthetimeoftheassault,testifiedthatshewastakentoanearbypark,strippednaked,kickedwithhigh-heeledshoes,slappedandburnedwithcigarettes,TheTimesreported.

Thethreedefendants,whoareallnow19yearsold,werechargedwithtorture,kidnappingandassault.AttorneysforZhaiandYangpreviouslyacknowledgedthattheirclientsparticipatedintheattack.AlawyerforZhangarguedincourtthathisclientwasonlyabystander.

Atthepreliminaryhearingfortheteens,ajudgesaidthecaseremindedhimof“LordoftheFlies,”theWilliamGoldingnovelaboutboysstrandedonadesertedisland.

Undertheagreementwithprosecutors,thetriowillpleadnocontesttochargesofkidnappingandassault,accordingtoDeputyDistrictAttorneyCaseyJarvis,whoisprosecutingthecase,TheTimesreported.Zhaiwillbesentencedto13yearsinprison,Yangto10andZhangtosix,hesaid.

Jarvissaidhisofficeagreedtodropthetorturecharge,whichcarriesasentenceoflifeinprisonwiththepossibilityofparole,becausetheteenshadnocriminalhistory.

TheattackonYiran“Camellia”LiuoccurredlastyearnearagazeboinRowlandHeightsPark.Threeofherclassmatesatthetimewillpleadnocontesttokidnappingandassault,aprosecutorsaid,accordingtoTheTimes.

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