The trial began yesterday in the grisly and brutal 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old California girl who was sexually assaulted and left for dead by up to 20 different men after her homecoming dance.
Marcelles Peter, 20, of Pinole, faces life in prison without parole if convicted for his role in the brutal assault.
Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney John Cope delivered a graphic opening statement yesterday in which he described how police found the girl propped up by a metal beam under a picnic table half-dressed and bloodied.
She was ‘incoherent and barely conscious’ and covered in alcohol, urine and dirt. Cope said Peter took part in the more than two-hour assault on the girl after she was plied with alcohol.
Witnesses will testify that the victim was punched, kicked, beaten with a walkie-talkie, and urinated on. Others watching were invited to join in.
As many as 20 men are thought to have participated in the attack, Cope told the jury, with one even answering the girl’s cell phone and telling her father how good his daughter was at sexual acts.
[DailyMail]