LAS VEGAS -- Chester Stiles, the Nevada man who videotaped himself sexually assaulting a child, told a courtroom Friday that “The truth was never considered as a defense strategy.”

That’s according to a Clark County Court representative, who said Stiles was allowed to address the court before he was given 21 terms of life in prison with the possibility of parole of 140 years.

Stiles was also convicted of sexually assaulting a second girl who testified against him during his trial earlier this year.

Stiles said his prosecution “shows a child’s virtue is more important than a man’s life” before his attorney asked the judge to treat her client no differently than any other offender.

Prosecutor Mary Kay Holthus described Stiles as the “worst of the worst” and said the memory of his crime “will never go away,” according to the court representative.

Stiles was arrested in September 2007 after a nationwide manhunt that included a story on “America’s Most Wanted.” Police identified Stiles on the videotape after it was found in a desert area near Pahrump.

As she handed down the sentence, Judge Jennifer Togliatti said Stiles showed no remorse and refused to accept responsibility for his crimes.

Stiles will also stand trial in August on charges of producing child pornography.