A Tulsa man is getting a new trial this week after being sentenced to life in federal prison for raping and brutally beating a 73-year-old nun inside her home.
A federal jury found Elga Harper guilty in 2023, but an appeals court reversed the conviction last October and ordered a new trial, which started Monday.
News On 6 interviewed the victim, Sister Ellie Finlay, right after the first trial and she said her handyman, Elga Harper, ripped her clothes off, beat her, tied a cord around her neck and dragged her around her house like a dog…