Paraplegic Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Attempted Rape

After telling her mother he was going to the bathroom, Elbert Roman Tate rolled his wheelchair through the house and into the bedroom of an 11-year-old girl, where he climbed into bed with her and assaulted her.

According to a story in the Athens Banner Herald, Tate was convicted on Friday of attempted rape along with charges of aggravated sodomy, several counts of child molestation and aggravated sexual battery.

A judge sentenced Tate to 35 years of prison and 25 years of probation, the story says. A previous trial in December ended in a mistrial. Tate was arrested in February 2012 after police believe he had been molesting the girl for months.

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