Willie BradleyA 55-year-old man charged with rape for the fifth time will get a new attorney after a public defender realized a few minutes into a preliminary hearing his office had already represented the alleged victim in a previous case.
Surrounded by attorneys, family members and a judge, the alleged victim described Wednesday in Hamilton County General Sessions Court how a stranger crept up behind her, jammed a knife against her back, led her into a home on Gillespie Street, and held her hostage for nine hours, raping her numerous times.
She said the attacks took place on the evening of Aug. 3 and lasted into the morning.
The woman, who will not be identified by the Times Free Press, tried to call her family. But the stranger, she said, wouldn’t let her. After holding her overnight, she tried to go home, but he said he wasn’t through.
He warned her: If she told the police, he would kill her.