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A jury returned a guilty verdict today for a local man charged with having sexual contact with his biological daughter for close to 12 years.

The case involves Benny Stewart, 49, who was arrested on Nov. 20, 2009 and charged with felony incest. He pleaded not guilty to the charge in December.

On Wednesday, a jury convicted him of having sexual intercourse or sexual contact with his daughter between January 1998 when she was 7-years-old and November 2009. The verdict was delivered after about three hours of deliberations.

A pre-sentence investigation and a psycho sexual evaluation were ordered. Stewart faces a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than four years and not more than 100 years in prison.