Mowngly Lucas, a felon with a criminal record, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for raping a grandmother in Brooklyn multiple times while holding a bible he left at the scene before fleeing.
The terrifying attack happened in 2018 in Prospect Park. “My life changed forever” the unidentified victim, now 63, said in a statement. The woman attended the sentence and continues to be tormented by the sexual assaults. “The emotional impact will be felt for years.”
Lucas, a 32-year-old homeless man with a lengthy criminal record, remained silent during the Brooklyn Supreme Court hearing, refusing to speak as his outraged victim detailed persistent nightmares since the November 18 attack. 2018, reported Daily News.
“This was a vicious, life-changing attack that deeply affected the victim and her family. It took a lot of courage to testify at the trial and make sure this defendant was held accountable for his actions,” Brooklyn County Attorney Eric Gonzalez said on Twitter.
My life changed forever.”
Grandmother victim of sexual assault
The woman required therapy and anti-anxiety medication after the attack that occurred shortly after she dropped her grandchildren off at a birthday party, Assistant District Attorney Linda Weinman said.
“I just got out of jail and I don’t care… You won’t be around to see your grandkids,” Lucas allegedly told his victim during the attack, according to the case file. “How did you know he had grandchildren?” she asked after the hearing. “That really scared me.”
Authorities stressed that Lucas did not apologize for the rape, in which he also strangled his victim, and instead claimed that it had been a consensual encounter.
Prosecutors accused Lucas of threatening to stab and shoot the woman, then raped her three times before breaking into a parked van and attempting to rape her once more.
Lucas was carrying a bible and left the holy book at the scene of the heinous crime. Judge Heidi Cesare also sentenced him to 15 years of post-release supervision and asked to be included in the sex offender registry.
In a similar case, also this week Darryl Phelps, a registered sex offender who was on probation, was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison for the brutal assault and rape of a Korean visitor on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan in 2021.
And in September a man who offered to help a tourist through New York’s complex subway system led her to the end of the Port Authority station platform in Manhattan and raped her, the NYPD reported.
