(KRON) -- A South San Francisco man who was sentenced to 225 years to life in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s young daughter had his first parole hearing on Thursday. The Board of Parole Hearings panel denied his release, finding that he “remains an unreasonable risk o f danger to public safety,” according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Thomas Lee Frazier, now 65 years old, was 41 at the start of his life crimes. California’s elderly parole hearings law enables convicted individuals over the age of 50 who have served 20 years of their sentence to be considered for parole. The initial parole hearing was conducted at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif. The victim registered for the hearing, prosecutors said, but did not participate. Former Bay Area sheriff’s deputy to serve jail time for fraud Frazier was denied another parole hearing for a period of three years. The victim was 9 years old in 2002 when Frazier started to repeatedly molest her. The sexual abuse continued for four years, according to the DA’s office. On Feb. 17, 2007, following eight days of jury trial and two hours of deliberation, Frazier was found guilty on all 21 counts of child molestation and 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault. Judge Joseph Scott called Frazier’s actions “unspeakable” and sentenced him one month later to the maximum sentence. ...read more read less