An American cop, who raped a 75-year-old woman at her senior living apartment, has been put behind bars for life.
The 52-year-old former police officer raped the woman, a stroke victim with inability to speak, between 2010 and 2012, according to court records cited by Reuters on Wednesday.
Back in July, Gary Dale Baker, a former Sacramento police officer, was convicted nine charges, including rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual battery and burglary.
According to prosecutors, the woman had previously tried to communicate the matter with her family bu to no avail.
Later the DNA evidence confirmed the rape, but it was not enough to yield a suspect.
The woman's family installed a motion-activated camera in late 2012, when the perpetrator attempted a third assault.
Police officers immediately recognized their colleague when they saw him in the footage that appeared subsequently.
Baker was sentenced to 62 years behind bars, which means he will be imprisoned by the end of his life, said a spokeswoman for Sacramento County District Attorney, Anne Marie Schubert.
“You tarnished the badge for police officers everywhere," Sacramento Superior Court Judge Ernest Sawtelle said as he sentenced Baker. "For your crimes, you will be sentenced to life in prison.”
On Tuesday, the court denied a request by the perpetrator’s attorneys for a new trial.
Meanwhile, Baker remained in custody through Wednesday as no release date was listed for him, according Sacramento County jail records.
