Former mayor 'admits raping four-year-old girl but claims victim initiated sex and was willing participant'
Wed Sep 14, 2016 01:51:pm World
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A former city mayor who admitted to raping a four-year-old girl has claimed she was a ‘willing participant' who initiated sex, reports have said.
Richard Keenan served as mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, in 2010 and 2011. He faces multiple counts of rape and attempted rape of a child.
According to the Youngstown Vindicator, Kenaan who confessed to a social worker and family members said his abuse of children spanned over three years but claimed his four-year-old victim ‘initiated sex'.
He has checked himself into a psychiatric clinic. Nonetheless, A judge must now decide if his confessions are admissible in court.
Keenan is due to stand trial in April next 2017.
Richard Keenan served as mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, in 2010 and 2011. He faces multiple counts of rape and attempted rape of a child.
According to the Youngstown Vindicator, Kenaan who confessed to a social worker and family members said his abuse of children spanned over three years but claimed his four-year-old victim ‘initiated sex'.
He has checked himself into a psychiatric clinic. Nonetheless, A judge must now decide if his confessions are admissible in court.
Keenan is due to stand trial in April next 2017.
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