CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A serial rapist related to a number of chilly instances in Charlotte was sentenced to life in jail on Monday, the Mecklenburg County District Legal professional’s Workplace introduced on Tuesday.
A jury discovered LJ Bertha, 64, responsible of first-degree rape, second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, and customary regulation theft. Bertha was sentenced on Monday to life in jail serving consecutive sentences with out the potential of parole.
Courtroom paperwork said that again in October of 1993 a girl was parked at a shopping mall off Freedom Drive when Bertha kicked within the driver’s facet window and compelled her to maneuver over and let him drive earlier than sexually assaulting her and threatening to kill her.
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The sufferer was positioned close by by police and serological testing was later carried out. In 2023, Bertha was confirmed because the suspect.
Courtroom docs additionally said that in 1994 a girl was strolling on Beatties Ford Street when Bertha approached her and sexually assaulted her whereas armed with a field cutter. Serological testing was later carried out and Bertha was confirmed because the suspect in 2023.
Each victims in addition to a 3rd sufferer who was assaulted in 1996 testified in the course of the case. Bertha had beforehand been convicted of the ’96 assault in 1997 and was sentenced to twenty years in jail.
