ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Orlando police sex crimes detective Ed Mann got a 5-year break Friday on his prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl he met through his church's youth ministry.

Mann got a break because a state appeals court ruled there was no way of knowing whether he actually raped her during every encounter. Mann's sentence was cut from 26 years to 21.

He pled guilty in 2002 and was first sentenced to probation only by Circuit Judge John Adams, who told the 14-year-old victim she'd get over it.

"She's had seven-plus years of therapy. She's not in a bad place but it has definitely left scars," said Cheryl Laird, the victim's grandmother.

Mann's wife is serving probation over a "murder-for-hire" scheme they were planning. The target was the victim's grandmother.