A woman was convicted
Wednesday of raping a younger woman with a golf club.
Catherine McCoy, 49, had
been convicted in November of kidnapping, assaulting and threatening a woman
who prosecutors said had slept with McCoy's ex-boyfriend. However, jurors in
the November trial could not reach a verdict on a charge of forcible sexual
penetration.
Prosecutors said that McCoy,
along with her friend Christopher Carerra, showed up at the 21-year-old
victim's home in August 2011 and forced her into the back of an SUV. While
Carrera drove, McCoy beat the woman -- identified only as "Amber" --
forced her to get naked and then shoved a wooden golf putter into her vagina
multiple times.
McCoy told Amber, "You
[expletive] my man. I'm going to [expletive] you now."
After the golf club assault,
McCoy pushed Amber out of the vehicle, leaving her naked on a highway. She was
later rescued by passing motorists.
In the October trial, Amber
testified she had recently purchased heroin and had been using drugs the night
of the incident. She also stated that McCoy's ex-boyfriend had paid her for
sex.
McCoy's defense lawyer,
George Modlin, argued that Amber's account of the night was unreliable because
she was a drug addict who accepted pay for sex, U-T San Diego reported. He
admitted that his client had beaten Amber, but said there was no evidence of
rape.
McCoy will be sentenced on
March 22. She faces a maximum of 33 years in prison.
Carrera pleaded guilty in
August 2012 to rape, assault, kidnapping and making criminal threats, as well
as assault charges in an unrelated incident. He was sentenced to nearly 17
years in prison.
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