A man found guilty of multiple rapes and robberies in Brownsville was sentenced to 430 years in prison today. Boker Thomas received the four-century sentence after being found guilty of trailing seven women as they walked into elevators, stairwells and apartments in public housing projects and raping them or robbing them, according to the Daily News.
Although prosecutors connected Thomas to the crimes with fingerprints and DNA and exhibited video and written confessions, the 31-year-old claimed he was innocent. "I'm not guilty of these crimes. I'm not a monster. I'm not a rapist," Thomas told the judge at his sentencing. "I understand somebody has to be the fall guy. I'm innocent of these charges."
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Vincent Del Giudice issued nearly the maximum sentence. "You sir, are without any redeeming quality whatsoever," said Del Giudice. "You say you are not a monster, but you are a predator intent on hurting young children. You are evil, you are a sociopath, you are a pathological violent criminal." One of the victims, who was 13 years old when she was raped in 2008, told the tabloid: "I hate him and I wish him a slow and painful death ... I want him to know that God is not his best friend."
