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Silver Valley father sentenced to 12 years in child sexual abuse case

by JOSH McDONALD
Staff Writer | July 14, 2026 1:00 AM

WALLACE — A Silver Valley man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two of his children was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison at the Shoshone County Courthouse. 

Robin Bainter, 37, received a sentence of six years fixed and six years indeterminate from Judge Lansing Haynes, who departed from both a pretrial settlement agreement and the wishes of one of the victim's mothers. 

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