STOCKTON, Calif. - A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly 65 years in prison for kidnapping and raping his wife.
San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox said Friday that Andrew Wright Gill gagged and hog-tied his wife before raping her after she asked him to leave during an hours-long incident last year. Gill was convicted July 27 of 10 charges. Fox said a journal written by Gill's wife described a troubled marriage she wanted to leave. The judge added that the incident victimized both Gill's wife and their children, who heard their mother crying and being slapped by their father.
The wife initially said she was raped but later said the incident was consensual. She shook as she read a statement in court asking for leniency for her husband. She called Gill an attentive father and active church member who was depressed because he was unemployed.
Gill said the trial amounted to the state's attempt to regulate the couple's sex life and promised he would appeal.
Wow. Details here from the AP via the San Jose Mercury News.