Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Teenage boy who raped 82-year-old at knifepoint is sentenced to 115 YEARS in prison


A teenage Boy has been setencesed to 115 year in jail for raping a 82 year old woman




The Brooklyn man who was found guilty of raping and sodomizing an 82-year-old widow has been sentenced to 115 years in prison


Asa Robert, 20, was found guilty in December 2015 of suffocating, raping and sodomizing the elderly woman during the attack last summer. 


Robert's defense attorney Samuel Karliner said: '[Robert] specifically said he does not want to come out because he does not want his picture taken.'


Guilty: Asa Robert, now aged 20, has been convicted of rape, sexual abuse and other charges after he broke into the Brooklyn home of an 82-year-old widow and raped her last year



Asa Robert was sentenced to 115 years in prison for raping and sodomizing a disabled elderly woman, among other charges. He is seen at an earlier hearing

Karliner also said that Robert maintains his innocence, the New York Post reported. 


Supreme Court Judge DelGuidice said: 'The basic tenant of civic behavior is to have deference towards those more vulnerable than everyone else.'


He chose to offer 'no mercy' to Robert, who DelGuidice said showed 'no mercy' to any of his victims.


Robert had previous offenses and will go to court again in February because he allegedly assaulted a police officer.  


He was convicted in December of first-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act, following his conviction last week of first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree assault, first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary and two counts of second-degree criminal trespass. 


Robert could have received up to 122 years in prison.

In November 2016, the victim, who is now 83 years old, came face-to-face with her attacker, recounting for the jury in harrowing detail how Robert broke into her home, put a knife to her neck and proceeded to sexually assault her.


Robert, who was 18 years old at the time, was arrested in July 2015 on a slew of charges stemming from the attack targeting the octogenarian.


The incident took place on the morning of July 13, 2015, when police said Robert slipped into the woman's home in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn while she was sweeping her front yard and laid in wait for her with a knife in his hands. 


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