BANGOR (AP) – A Bangor man who was convicted seven years ago of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl has been handed a 10-year federal sentence for possessing child pornography.

Hugh Whitty IV, 28, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court for downloading images of adults having sex with children onto his computer. He pleaded guilty in June.

Judge John Woodcock noted that Whitty’s sentence is about four times as long as it would have been were it not for the 1999 state court conviction.

“After you committed your prior crime and once you accessed child pornography, you sentenced yourself,” the judge said. “This sentence, Mr. Whitty, is a direct reflection of our determination as a society to protect our children.”

Whitty also was sentenced to 15 years of supervised release after he is released from prison. The judge recommended that Whitty be assigned to a prison that offers intense sex offender therapy. Whitty apologized for what he had done and told Woodcock that he wants to do all he can to deal with his mental health issues.

Seven years ago, Whitty was sentenced in Penobscot County Superior Court to eight years, with all but nine months suspended and six years of probation. Testimony presented at Whitty’s bail hearing in April showed that after completing his sentence, he underwent an intensive two-year sex offender therapy program.