Christopher Belter, 20, was given no jail time for the rape of 4 teen women at his dad and mom’ dwelling
A 20-year-old New York man who pleaded responsible to raping 4 teenage women inside his dad and mom’ house is sentenced to no jail time and can get eight years probation as a substitute.
Christopher Belter was instructed by the decide within the Niagara courtroom that jail time could be ‘inappropriate’ and as a substitute ordered him to register as a intercourse offender as a substitute.
One in every of Belter’s victims was heard to cry because the decide learn out his verdict and instructed Belter that his eight yr probation would ‘be like a sword hanging over your head for the subsequent eight years’.
‘I agonized — I am not ashamed to say that I really prayed over what’s the acceptable sentence on this case. as a result of there was nice ache. There was nice hurt — There have been a number of crimes dedicated within the case,’ mentioned Decide Murphy to the shocked courtroom room.
‘It appears to me {that a} sentence that entails incarceration or partial incarceration is not acceptable, so I’m going to condemn you to probation.’