In Jackson County Circuit Court, an Alton man has been sentenced for one count of sexual assault.

Reports state 54 year old Robert Jacquot of Alton was sentenced to 7 years in prison for criminal sexual assault of a young relative who said she had been assaulted between 1998 and 1999. The investigation took place in December of 2014.

Jacquot admitted to the sexual assault and is to serve at least 85% of his prison sentence.