A state judge sentenced an accused pimp to 10 years in prison Tuesday for kidnapping, terroristic threatening, assault, attempted extortion and promoting and attempting to promote prostitution.

Honolulu police said Charles Abraham Cocklin II broke the jaw of a prostitute who worked for him and then locked her in a hotel room, and tried to extort and force another woman to work as a prostitute for him.

In addition to the prison term, Circuit Judge Karen Ahn ordered Cocklin to pay $735 into the state fund for crime victims.

Cocklin, 32, pleaded guilty in May in a deal with the state. In exchange the prosecutor reduced the kidnapping charge to one that carries a maximum 10-year rather than 20-year prison term. Prosecutors also promised to recommend to the Hawaii Paroling Authority that Cocklin should be eligible for release after serving six years of his prison term. Cocklin has been in custody since his arrest May 12, 2009.

Prosecutor Thalia Murphy said Cocklin is a danger to the women of the community and described his actions as predatory, cruel and heinous. She told Ahn it is extremely disturbing that Cocklin refuses to own up to what he did, telling court officials who interviewed him prior to sentencing that he didn’t know the assault and kidnapping victim was a prostitute.

Defense lawyer John Schum said Cocklin had a legitimate escort service and limousine business and that the women worked for him in that business.

"He was not aware of the fact that they were prostituting, (that) they were using his property, (that) they were prostituting out of the house that he was residing in," Schum said.

Murphy said, "The defendant is a pimp, there’s no doubt about that. He tried to recruit the first victim into prostitution. When she refused he threatened her. He threatened to kidnap her. He threatened to cut her up and kill her."

And when the woman still refused, Cocklin showed her the prostitute who had a broken jaw and told the woman the same thing would happen to her, Murphy said.

Cocklin has a firearm conviction in California. He arrived in Hawaii after California officials granted him early release because of prison overcrowding.

His Hawaii case took more than three years to conclude because Cocklin claimed he suffered emotional distress after his cellmate at Oahu Community Correctional Center hanged himself and prison guards ignored his pleas to get out of the cell or to remove the dead body, then threatened him and refused to let him see a doctor.