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Man gets 25 to 30 for attack that left woman near death in East Boston
By adamg on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 1:47pm
A man already in prison for a 2012 stabbing was sentenced today to 25 to 30 years in prison for a rape and beating on Webster Street in Jeffries Point in 2011, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
A Suffolk Superior Court judge imposed the verdict today, two days after a jury convicted Thomas Cradock, 27, of aggravated rape, assault with intent to murder, aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault and battery, the DA's office reports.
Prosecutors say Cradock was living with his parents in their Jeffries Point home in 2011 when he attacked the woman in a vacant lot on Webster Street on Sept. 21, where she might have died except for a passerby who noticed her lying there and called 911.
Addressing Cradock in a victim statement, the woman said:
My life will never be the same because of what you did to me. You almost killed me … but I am not broken. I have worked incredibly hard to get my life back, and there is more to come. I am not a victim of your attack on me. I am a survivor. You took my life away from me and I have taken it back.
DNA collected by police after the attack triggered a match with a sample Cradock was required to submit after his conviction for the 2012 stabbing in Mansfield, for which he is currently serving a five-year term. His East Boston sentence will not start until that one is finished, the DA's office reports.
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25 - 30?
Is not enough - it was an absolutely viscous attack. He should be put away for life.
Vicious
Does anyone know if this 25-30 sentence begins after he's done with his current sentence or if they will be served concurrently? They ought to be consecutive.
Considering that frat-boy rapists get away with a slap on the wrist and probation these days, I suppose we should be grateful this guy was given this much, but I agree that it's not enough.
I was under the impression that the victim had such traumatic brain injuries that she wasn't conscious, so it's heartening to read her eloquent statement. Wishing her a full recovery. What courage she has.
No day at the beach for him....for quite some time.
"His East Boston sentence will not start until that one is finished, the DA's office reports."
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The sentence on all 4 charges are all to be served consecutively. Once his time is up for the stabbing he is currently in jail for now the sentence for the 4 charges he was found guilty on will begin. It is all consecutively. And that was a small piece of what she said. Her victim witness statement was moving...had the whole courtroom in tears...including the DA.
The guy who assaulted and beat up that woman within an inch of
her life, should've been charged with attempted murder, and be put away fro a long, long time.
So
..you're saying you'd want him to serve less time?
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Sect...
life or any number of years
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Sect...
Should be hung.
Should be hung.
Sentencing
I hope he never gets out. Even with the 25-30yrs sentence he has already shown what a dangerous animal he is . No excuse for what he did. Facebook should remove the convicted sex offenders felon from there site. Enjoy prison .