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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/merc...s/california/northern_california/15042470.htm
A deaf ex-convict was sentenced Friday to 105 years to life in prison for raping a deaf woman.
Henry Ivan Cogswell, 31, was convicted in February of three counts of forcible rape and one count each of oral copulation and rape with a foreign object stemming from the 2004 attack against an acquaintance.
The woman used a sign language interpreter to testify at a preliminary hearing that she was raped several times in the defendant's car and again the next morning in a parking lot by his apartment.
The testimony was read to jurors at Cogswell's trial.
Superior Court Judge John Einhorn said terms for most of the rape counts should run concurrently because they were part of the same act. But because the last rape came hours after the others, Einhorn added a consecutive term.
"The defendant had time to reflect, to think, to realize he had choices, and again raped the victim," Einhorn said.
The judge added five more years to the sentence because of Cogswell's prior conviction for raping another woman who is deaf.
Cogswell had only recently been released from prison after serving time for the rape of his girlfriend, who is also deaf. He and that woman had resumed their relationship and were living together when the latest victim came to visit.
The woman testified that the victim told her what happened several days later. She said she broke off her association with Cogswell and convinced the victim to go to the police.
A deaf ex-convict was sentenced Friday to 105 years to life in prison for raping a deaf woman.
Henry Ivan Cogswell, 31, was convicted in February of three counts of forcible rape and one count each of oral copulation and rape with a foreign object stemming from the 2004 attack against an acquaintance.
The woman used a sign language interpreter to testify at a preliminary hearing that she was raped several times in the defendant's car and again the next morning in a parking lot by his apartment.
The testimony was read to jurors at Cogswell's trial.
Superior Court Judge John Einhorn said terms for most of the rape counts should run concurrently because they were part of the same act. But because the last rape came hours after the others, Einhorn added a consecutive term.
"The defendant had time to reflect, to think, to realize he had choices, and again raped the victim," Einhorn said.
The judge added five more years to the sentence because of Cogswell's prior conviction for raping another woman who is deaf.
Cogswell had only recently been released from prison after serving time for the rape of his girlfriend, who is also deaf. He and that woman had resumed their relationship and were living together when the latest victim came to visit.
The woman testified that the victim told her what happened several days later. She said she broke off her association with Cogswell and convinced the victim to go to the police.