Cleveland Mexican Kidnapper Sentenced To Life Plus 1,000 Years.

[Rupert]

Michelle Knight who was raped and tortured during more than a
decade of captivity, faced her abuser, Ariel Castro, in court on
Thursday, assuring him that while her hell was over, his had
just begun.

"I spent 11 years in hell; now your hell is just beginning," she
said, addressing Castro, who admitted to abducting Knight,
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus and subjecting them to years of
sexual and emotional abuse in his Cleveland home.

"I will overcome all this that happened," Knight said. "I will
live on; you will die a little every day."

Castro apologized to the three women he had held in captivity
for more than a decade, but blamed his actions on his own
history of sexual abuse and an addiction to pornography.

"People are trying to paint me as a monster, and I'm not a
monster. I am sick," he said.

Judge Michael Russo, of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court,
sentenced Castro to life without parole, saying he was a danger
to the public who thought of himself as the victim.

Knight, 32, said she cried herself to sleep and missed her son,
who was 2 1/2 years old at the time of her kidnapping in 2002.

Family members made statements on behalf of DeJesus and Berry.
DeJesus' cousin Sylvia Colon turned to the defendant at the end
of her statement, saying in Spanish: "To Ariel Castro: May God
take pity on his soul. Thank you."

After Knight spoke, Castro, 53, addressed the court, blaming his
actions on a history of his own sexual abuse and an addiction to
pornography.

Beth Serrano broke down in tears as she spoke of giving up her
sister, Amanda Berry, for dead and that their mother "died
without knowing" that Berry was still alive.

Castro, breaking into tears occasionally, said of the
allegations of rape: "Practically all of [the sex] was
consensual."

"There were times when they asked me for sex," he said, adding
"many times."

"I didn't prey on them, I just acted on my sexual urges," he
said.

"Finally, I want to apologize to the victims," Castro said. "I
am truly sorry for what happened."

In preparation for his final judgement before God, he was
"reading my Bible and praying," he said.

With the sentence essentially a forgone conclusion, the defense
and prosecution sparred over how many of the lurid details of
the rape and abuse of Berry, DeJesus and Knight would be
rehashed in court.

Attorneys for the state sought to pile on evidence to back the
977-count indictment against Castro � using photos and even a
model of the defendant's house � in an effort to make the case
appeal-proof. Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including
kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder.

The defense objected to the prosecution's display. Attorney
Craig Weintraub acknowledged that much of Castro's crime was
"incomprehensible" but said it was more important to "protect
the dignity and privacy of these three women."

The judge said he would allow only what was "necessary under the
law to make a proper sentencing."

In other testimony:

Police officer Barb Johnson, one of the first responders at the
scene when the three women were freed May 6, described how
Knight "launched herself" into the arms of a fellow officer,
crying, "You saved us, you saved us!"

She said DeJesus "jumped into my arms" from a dark hallway in
the house.

The officer said she recognized the victim from missing persons
photos, but that DeJesus was obviously now a mature young woman
and "a lot thinner and paler."

Detective Andy Harasimchuk of the Cleveland Police Department
Sex Crime Unit said it was clear that all three women had been
chained or otherwise restrained for long periods of time.

Cleveland FBI Special Agent Andrew Burke, who examined the crime
scene in depth, said it was "surreal and difficult" for him even
after years of field experience.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-
way/2013/08/01/207871511/cleveland-kidnapper-asks-to-apologize-
for-decade-of-rape-abuse

The blacks will fill his sexual needs now. HAHAHAHA!

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