VICTIM CONFRONTS RAPIST IN COURT.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Speaking through tears to the man convicted of brutally raping her during a home invasion home invasion n. Burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home. Noun 1. home invasion - burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home robbery, Judy Hudson said she felt satisfied that justice had been done. Standing at a podium in a Van Nuys courtroom, the 44-year-old Palmdale woman addressed Salvador Hernandez on Friday before he was sentenced to 45 years in prison for robbery, burglary and sexual assault. ``You saw me, planned the attack, robbed and raped me,'' said Hudson, who gave the Daily News permission to print her name. ``I thank God every day that I'm standing here today to ensure that justice is served and that no other women or innocent kids have to be terrorized or raped by you. ``I wish this was all a bad nightmare, that I could wake up and it would all go away,'' Hudson added. `` But it's the nights I wake up so scared that I can hardly breathe or the nights I'm too scared to even go asleep or the tears that come uncontrollably at any given moment. You didn't value me or my son. ``I know 100 percent that it was you, and you are 100 percent guilty.'' Hernandez, of Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , was found guilty in December of committing the rape during the early morning of March 8. A neighbor called to report seeing someone break into Hudson's home, and responding deputies interrupted the attack. The rapist escaped over a back fence, but Hernandez was arrested three weeks later after investigators linked him to a fingerprint left in the home. The victim told deputies she had been awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English by the intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. , who ordered her to give him all the money she had in the house, bound her hands behind her with duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. and stuffed clothing in her mouth and taped it. Hudson said Friday that she was told not to scream or that he would kill her and her son. `` `The most precious thing in the world to you is that little boy, and I don't want to hurt him,' '' Hudson said her assailant told her. ``During this whole thing I was begging for my life. I was so terrorized. ``This was so premeditated pre·med·i·tat·ed adj. Characterized by deliberate purpose, previous consideration, and some degree of planning: a premeditated crime. ,'' Hudson added. ``He planned this out.'' About a dozen of Hudson's relatives and friends wept as Superior Court Judge John Fisher
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. pronounced Hernandez's sentence of 45 years. Hernandez also must undergo an AIDS test AIDS test Lab medicine Any test performed on a standard venipuncture blood specimen which detects HIV antibodies–ELISA, or antigens–eg, Western blot, or viral nucleic acid–eg, viral load by RNA. See Western blot. , register as a sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. when released and pay $1,000 restitution. ``There was a high degree of cruelty here,'' Fisher said. ``There is no doubt about it.'' Hernandez's relatives who attended the hearing said he was not guilty and that they plan to appeal the verdict. ``I think in a second trial my brother will be found innocent,'' said his sister, Dora Genel, 28, of Palmdale. ``There were too many lies.'' Hernandez's relatives said they felt sympathy for Hudson but believe the real rapist is still on the loose. ``I know that somebody did that,'' said Genel. ``But my brother did not do that.'' |
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