Young pleads guilty to raping 4-year-old girl
The man who claimed he accidentally raped a 4-year-old girl two years ago has been given a 17-year prison sentence.
The defendant, Christopher James Young, 26, entered a guilty plea Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of child rape. He was ordered to serve 17 years at 100 percent under a provision of state law which requires child molesters to serve their entire sentence without chance of parole.
The sentence comes after Young raped a 4-year-old girl his girlfriend was baby-sitting. The girl told her parents about the rape when they returned home and Young was taken into custody immediately. During questioning, Young maintained he did not mean to have sex with the toddler, claiming the girl jumped on his lap while he was sitting on the toilet.
His outrageous claim was doubted by authorities and the victim’s parents.
“That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. How can you accidentally rape a 4-year-old child?” said the mother of the victim following Young’s arrest last year. “There was nothing accidental about it. He took her to the bedroom and did it.”