LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– David Celestine has been sentenced to 20 years at hard labor without the possibility of parole after a Lafayette Parish jury found him guilty of third-degree rape and aggravated burglary.
The sentence follows a jury conviction stemming from a 2019 attack at a Youngsville home.
Celestine claimed he was intoxicated and “probably” went into the wrong house and thought he was in bed with his wife…