Child-rapist agrees to be castrated

A US man who admitted raping two young girls has agreed to be castrated to avoid serving a life prison sentence.

Keith Raymond Fremin, 42, was sentenced to 25 years without parole for molesting the two sisters, who were 11 and 13 at the time of the attacks in 1999.

Judge Donald Fendlason said he would revoke the lighter sentence if Fremin did not undergo the surgery by August 18.

The victims, now 17 and 19, were in court in Covington, Louisiana, and agreed to the plea deal.