Coweta man sentenced in ‘worst child molestation case’ judge had ever seen

A Coweta County judge has found a man guilty in what he’s calling the “worst child molestation case” he had ever seen.

Derrol Allen Grant was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences followed by 60 years for four counts of aggravated child molestation, one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes, one count of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of child molestation.

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Newnan Police began to investigate Grant in 2018 after a child told a friend -- who then told a school counselor -- that Grant had been abusing the victim for six years.

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