SEATTLE — A rapist who had previously been released from custody by mistake after his conviction was sentenced to 16 years in prison at a hearing on Friday afternoon.
Noel Stepney, 50, was belligerent during the hearing, flipping off a KOMO News camera and saying slurs to the court staff.
In June, Stepney was convicted of raping a woman in a low-income housing building in 2019. After his conviction, he was mistakenly allowed to post bail and leave the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent…