R Kelly ordered to serve extra year for sex offences on top of 30-year sentence

US District Judge Harry Leinenweber also ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following his New York sentence
R Kelly ordered to serve extra year for sex offences on top of 30-year sentence

R Kelly has been ordered to serve another year on top of the 30 years he is already serving (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex but said he will serve nearly all of the sentence simultaneously with a 30-year sentence imposed last year on racketeering charges.

US District Judge Harry Leinenweber also ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following his New York sentence.

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