Victor Pena has been discovered responsible of the aggravated kidnapping and rape of a Boston lady he saved captive in his house for 3 days in 2019.
Closing arguments within the case in opposition to Pena have been solely delivered hours in the past this morning. Pena dramatically took the stand on Monday, after his protection group had beforehand rested its case final Friday.
Pena was not within the courtroom when the verdicts have been learn. He was taking part within the trial through zoom from an adjoining room within the court docket.
Pena, 42, was convicted on one depend of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape, after he kidnapped a lady and assaulted her for 3 days earlier than the police arrived. He was discovered responsible on all costs, in accordance with the Suffolk DA’s workplace.
Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden remarked after the trial on the braveness of the sufferer to assist safe the conviction.
“Make no mistake it was the survivor and her courage that made all the difference in this matter,” Hayden stated outdoors the courtroom.
“Most of us never have to go through living that type of trauma,” he continued, “…let alone having to recount it at a trial to get to the pathway of justice that was reached in this case.”
The sufferer, who was 23 on the time of the nightmare assault in January of 2019, stated she remembered being out along with her sister and her associates, feeling “tipsy but having a good time,” at a downtown Boston bar after which waking up the following morning trapped in an unfamiliar place.
Pena, the girl stated, threatened her life that first morning when she tried to rise up and go away.
“I didn’t want to die,” stated the girl, answering questions concerning the sexual assaults that adopted.
The Herald isn’t naming the girl as a result of the paper as a matter of coverage withholds the identification of sexual-assault survivors until they request in any other case.
She testified final Wednesday, detailing horrific accounts of rape and demise threats.
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