A Fountain Valley woman was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing her son and misdemeanor child abuse of her daughter.

Yan Zhang, 45, was convicted July 22 of felony continuous sexual abuse of a child and misdemeanor child abuse. Jurors acquitted her of attempted murder. Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue dismissed a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder after closing arguments, which could have opened her to a life prison sentence.

On Friday, Donahue rejected a motion for a new trial.

Zhang’s defense attorneys argued that jurors were likely “confused” about a large police training dummy brought into the courtroom for the prosecution’s case that was eventually excluded from the trial. Defense attorneys also argued they

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