NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke — has received a sentence of nine to 27 years in prison for his role in a ghoulish multimillion-dollar body-parts scheme.

Christopher Aldorasi, 36, was convicted in April of 20 counts, including enterprise corruption, grand larceny and reckless endangerment

Prosecutors said Aldorasi and others took bone and tissue without family permission and sold the pieces to medical companies for use in transplants and other medical procedures.

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Aldorasi chose to have a judge hear his case instead of a jury. He could have faced up to 60 years in prison.

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