A 25-year-old Duluth man will serve three consecutive life sentences for repeatedly breaking into a teenage girl’s bedroom and raping her while she slept five years ago, according to the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office.
Anthony Dontae Murphy Jr. was convicted Friday on five counts of rape. Prosecutors said the incidents, where the victim woke up while Murphy was raping her, happened on multiple occasions in August 2020.
“This defendant’s behavior is despicable,” Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said. “We are pleased with the verdict and the sentence, and we pray that this victim has been able to heal physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally from this.”…