A former police officer has been sentenced to 263 years in prison after he was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting women while on duty.
Daniel Holtzclaw was charged with sexually assaulting and raping 13 women and found guilty of 18 of the 36 charges, including four of the six rape charges.
According to the Mirror, the Oklahoma City officer preyed on women who had been in trouble with the law in the hope their word wouldn’t stand up against his.
The disgraced officer meticulously planned his attacks, running background checks on women who had outstanding warrants, previous arrests or carried drugs or drug paraphernalia.
District Judge Timothy Henderson said Holtzclaw will serve the terms consecutively and denied his request for an appeal bond.
Thirteen women testified in the trial, telling jurors of sexual assaults that ranged from touching over their clothing to forced oral sex and rape.
One of the most shocking testimonies came from a girl who said she was 17 when Holtzclaw raped her on her mother’s front porch.
Holtzclaw, who did not testify in the trial, was fired over the accusations in January 2015 after approximately three years on the job.
“I so desperately want my life back – the life I had before he took it away,” Jannie Ligons, one of his victims told the court in an impact statement.
Another victim, Sherry Ellis, told the court she never thought a police officer would do what Holtzclaw did:
He deserves what he gets. There will never be a day where I don’t think of how I was violated.
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