Disgraced Oklahoma police officer sentenced to 263 years in prison for raping four black women while on duty
- Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, was found guilty on 18 to 36 charges of sexual assault, including rape, in December
- Prosecutors said Holtzclaw raped four women and sexually assaulted several others while working as a cop
- On Thursday, he was sentenced to 263 years in prison - the maximum allowable sentence
- Victims told the court on Thursday that the former officer had destroyed their lives
A former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping four women and sexually assaulting several others while he was on duty was sentenced on Thursday to 263 years in prison, the maximum allowable sentence.
In December, an Oklahoma City jury found Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, guilty on 18 of 36 charges of sexual assault, including rape.
The sentence was given by District Judge Timothy Henderson and came after victims told the court on Thursday that the former officer had destroyed their lives.
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Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, listens in court as he is sentenced to 263 years in prison for raping four women and sexually assaulting several others while working as a Oklahoma City police officer
The former police officer, pictured in court on Thursday, was convicted of the charges last month
Holtzclaw, pictured with his eyes shut and flanked by his attorneys, had destroyed the lives of his victims, the court was told
Prosecutors said Holtzclaw mostly preyed on women who had been in trouble with the law and forced them into sex, hoping their word would not hold up against his in court.
'I so desperately want my life back - the life I had before he took it away,' Jannie Ligons, one of the victims of Holtzclaw, told the court in an impact statement.
The judge denied a defense motion filed a day earlier seeking a new trial.
Holtzclaw's father Eric (center) waits for his son's sentencing on Thursday in Oklahoma City
Justice: Attorney Benjamin Crump, right, stands with Jannie Ligons, left, one of the victims of sexual assault by Holtzclaw, last month
Thirteen women testified against the former officer at his trial last year, describing encounters in which Holtzclaw forced his victims to perform sexual acts on him.
Holtzclaw sexually abused multiple women between December 2013 and June 2014, targeting victims from a poorer, mostly African-American area of Oklahoma City, prosecutors said.
Holtzclaw, who did not testify at his trial, was fired over the accusations in January 2015 after approximately three years on the job.
He broke down in tears when he was found guilty, telling jurors 'I didn't do it,' as he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
Holtzclaw was noticeably emotional when he was convicted of the charges last month (above)
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