DEDHAM, Mass. — A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to video recording the rape of a 25-year-old woman he met on a train has been sentenced to up to 18 years in prison.
The Patriot Ledger reports that Sean Soares was sentenced Monday during a change-of-plea hearing.
The 31-year-old Soares pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping and other charges.
Prosecutors say he struck up a conversation with the victim on a Red Line train from Boston to Quincy in 2016. They say when they got off the train, he followed her, grabbed her by the hair, dragged her into the yard of a Quincy home and raped her. Prosecutors say he took cellphone video and photos of the attack.
Soares' attorney says her client has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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