PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been sentenced to a half-century in prison, following his conviction on child porn charges.

Christopher Hall, 26, of Grethel, pleaded guilty back in April to charges of producing and distributing child pornography.

In pleading guilty, he admitted to filming himself sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl, then sending that video to others through the WhatsApp messaging service. The potential sentence he faced ranged anywhere between 15 years and life in prison.

In court last week, a judge sentenced him to serve 30 years for the production charge and 20 years for the distribution charge. Those sentences will be served consecutively, for a total of 50 years in prison.

Hall was taken into custody immediately following his sentencing.