A Superior Court jury on Monday convicted a 51-year-old man of kidnapping, strangulation and two counts of simple assault after prosecutors said he held his partner captive in a Northeast Washington apartment. Jurors were told the woman endured hours of degrading abuse before she managed to free one leg and, with her hands still bound, hop to a neighbor’s door to get help. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced in May.
According to court documents reported in coverage of how the victim hops to safety, the assault occurred on March 5, 2024, in the 1300 block of H Street NE after an argument escalated. Prosecutors told jurors that the man tied his partner’s hands behind her back, bound them to her ankles, wrapped a scarf tightly around her face and struck her in…..