An airline pilot who was arrested last summer at SFO was convicted Monday of 20 counts of sexually abusing a child, while the girl’s mother was convicted on the same charges, and both now face up to 230 years to life.Jurors in Contra Costa County Superior Court convicted Rustom Bhagwagar, 35, and Jennifer Spitz Powell, 46, Monday, finding both guilty of 20 counts of sexual abuse of a child under 14, as SFGate reports. The verdict came more than a year after Bhagwagar was arrested at SFO, where authorities were waiting for the Delta Air Lines pilot after he landed on a flight from Minneapolis.As SFist reported at the time, Bhagwagar was escorted out of the cockpit in handcuffs by officers from the Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco Police Department, and Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office last July.The arrest stemmed from an investigation by Contra Costa County authorities into allegations that Bhagwagar had repeatedly sexually abused a girl over a five-year period. Investigators said the abuse began in 2017, when the girl was seven, and continued several times a week, sometimes multiple times a day, until she was 10.The girl also told investigators that Powell, her mother, was present for much of the abuse and that she had been warned to keep it secret or risk being taken away. The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said Powell participated in the abuse with Bhagwagar.After investigators confronted Powell, she agreed to participate in a recorded phone call with Bhagwagar, who knew he was under investigation. During the call, he appeared to acknowledge the abuse and agreed to meet Powell in the Bay Area later that month to discuss a plan.The couple had been in a relationship during the years the abuse was alleged to have occurred, and the abuse reportedly ended after they broke up. Bhagwagar, who was living in Florida, also had ties to San Ramon, Castro Valley, and Texas. Powell is reportedly a Walnut Creek resident.SFGate reports that the child testified during the trial. Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said in a statement that the child “showed extraordinary courage by testifying in court and facing the people who used duress to harm her.”Bhagwagar and Powell will remain in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility while they await sentencing. Each faces a maximum sentence of 230 years to life in state prison.Previously: Delta Pilot Arraigned In Contra Costa County on 24 Counts of Child Abuse; Mother Also Arrested ...read more read less