A Michigan man will spend several years behind bars for slashing a 7-year-old girl's throat and trying to stab her in the stomach at a park.

On Thursday, Gary Lansky , 74, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to one count each of assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, according to Wayne County court records.

After his plea, the defendant was sentenced by 36th District Court Judge Malaika D. Ramsey to seven to 15 years in prison over the attack that seriously injured and traumatized Saida Mashrah.

Lansky was also sentenced to one to four years in prison for a separate assault conviction involving one of his relatives. The judge assessed both sentences to run concurrently, or at the same time.

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