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This is an archive article published on August 2, 2013

Ohio abductor gets life without parole

The US man convicted of holding three women captive in his house for over a decade and raping them repeatedly has been sentenced to life without parole.

The US man convicted of holding three women captive in his house for over a decade and raping them repeatedly has been sentenced to life without parole.

Fifty-three-year-old Ariel Castro was given his sentence Thursday. He had pleaded guilty to 937 counts including aggravated murder,kidnapping,rape and assault.

Castro apologized and told the court he isnt a monster. He said hes sick and addicted to pornography,but he claimed that most of the sex with the women was consensual.

He got the life term for the most serious count and was getting additional time for the other counts.

A plea deal struck last week spared him from a possible death sentence for beating and starving a pregnant victim until she miscarried.

Castro said Thursday hes not a violent person and that his captives asked for sex and werent tortured.

One of three women kidnapped told Castro Thursday that his life is over. You took 11 years of my life away,and I have got it back, Michelle Knight,32,told Castro. I spent 11 years in hell. Now youre hell is just beginning. I will overcome all this has happened,but you will face hell for eternity.

 

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