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Rapist pleads not guilty

 
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madoka



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:08 pm    Post subject: Rapist pleads not guilty Reply with quote

A real estate agent tearfully told a jury Wednesday how she fought a man who raped and stabbed her inside a foreclosed home she was trying to sell in Corona.

The woman walked into the Riverside courtroom sobbing, at first too distraught to testify.

Shawn David Yates, 36, of Corona, is charged with seven felonies, including attempted murder, kidnapping and three counts of rape stemming from the 2008 attack.

Yates refused to look up until ordered by the judge.

The woman's name is not being used because The Press-Enterprise does not identify victims of sex crimes.

She described pleading with her attacker.

"I said I had just dropped my son off at school and didn't kiss him goodbye," the woman said. "I didn't care what he did to me. I just wanted to go home to see my son."

Yates has pleaded not guilty to the crimes. He could face multiple life sentences if convicted on all charges. His attorney reserved an opening statement until after the prosecution's case.

According to the woman, a man who identified himself as "Ron Jones" arranged to see the Silvestre Court house at 10 a.m. March 7, 2008. She identified Yates in court as the man.

After walking through the house, the man ordered the woman to the ground while pointing a pellet gun at her. He bound her wrists and ankles with tape and stole her keys, purse and phone.

The man held the gun to the back of her head while he raped her.

Afterward, he beat her on the head with the pellet gun until it shattered and said, "I'm going to kill you now."

"I was thinking if he was going to rape me, I can deal with that," the woman said. "I'm not going to let him kill me without fighting. I'm going to go down on my terms, not his."

The woman started scratching, punching and biting the man while he choked her and pulled a knife, she said.

She tried to barricade herself in the bathroom but he overpowered her. She begged him to let her pray and die in peace.

She said she pretended to be dead after he stabbed her in the neck and side and then left the house.

After he was gone, she stumbled outside where she collapsed on the sidewalk.

Once police arrived, they found a trail of blood leading to Yates' home nearby, Deputy District Attorney Michael Carney said. Yates admitted he attacked the woman after detectives found the woman's purse in his bedroom as well as the bloody clothes, the knife and gun, Carney said.

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He plead not guilty?!?!?! Why even bother?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know why he plead not guilty, but this scum needs to be thrown under the jail.

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