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An Anne Arundel County judge on Friday found a Baltimore man guilty of the rape and robbery of a 62-year-old woman who was attacked as she was ending her workday at a Brooklyn Park laundromat.
Christopher Parr, 30, of the 4000 block of Barrington Road had entered an insanity plea, claiming that he was not able to control his behavior in the July 19, 2006, assault at the Village Laundromat at 617 Church St. However, prosecutors said he understood exactly what he was doing when he entered the laundromat through the back door at 9:45 p.m., as the woman was locking up.
In the laundromat, he tried to strangle her, raped her, demanded cash and complained that she had coins, and then stole her car. He then went home and put his hands on his mother's throat, according to police.
Deputy State's Attorney Laura Kiessling said that she expects to seek life imprisonment -- the maximum sentence for a rape conviction -- when Judge William Mulford II sentences Parr on Nov. 18.
Parr, who has several past convictions, also has hospitalizations for psychiatric problems, said his lawyer Roland Walker. Parr was found by state psychiatrists to be incompetent to stand trial in 2007, although later evaluations found him able to assist in his defense.
Christopher Parr, 30, of the 4000 block of Barrington Road had entered an insanity plea, claiming that he was not able to control his behavior in the July 19, 2006, assault at the Village Laundromat at 617 Church St. However, prosecutors said he understood exactly what he was doing when he entered the laundromat through the back door at 9:45 p.m., as the woman was locking up.
In the laundromat, he tried to strangle her, raped her, demanded cash and complained that she had coins, and then stole her car. He then went home and put his hands on his mother's throat, according to police.
Deputy State's Attorney Laura Kiessling said that she expects to seek life imprisonment -- the maximum sentence for a rape conviction -- when Judge William Mulford II sentences Parr on Nov. 18.
Parr, who has several past convictions, also has hospitalizations for psychiatric problems, said his lawyer Roland Walker. Parr was found by state psychiatrists to be incompetent to stand trial in 2007, although later evaluations found him able to assist in his defense.
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they should whip his a....for doing that to that lady
Etalker (10/02/2009, 11:43 PM )