Man sentenced to life in prison for raping woman at knifepoint behind Atlanta church
ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - The man convicted of raping a woman behind a church in 2014 was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years, according to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
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According to investigators, the victim left a relative’s home on August 8, 2014, when Kristopher Roberson pulled up beside her in a Jeep, jumped out with a pocketknife and forced the woman into his vehicle.
Roberson was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment and was sentenced as follows:
- Count 1: Rape - Life
- Count 2: Aggravated Sodomy - Life
- Count 3: Aggravated Assault - 15 years
- Count 4: Kidnapping - 15 years
- Count 5: False Imprisonment - Merge into Count 4.