‘Monster’ drink-driver crashed car and raped his friend instead of taking her to hospital after impact made her suffer a stroke
Chayce Hanson, 43, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for the attack
A "MONSTER" drink driver crashed his car then raped the passenger instead of taking her to hospital after the impact caused her to suffer a stroke.
Chayce Hanson, 43, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for the attack on his friend in February 2017.
She was in the passenger seat of Hanson's car when he was driving drunk in Seattle, Washington, and crashed into a rock garden.
The impact caused the woman's head to slam into the windshield, triggering a stroke.
But rather than taking her to hospital or calling emergency services, Hanson took her home and raped her, prosecutors said.
The unnamed victim, now 43-years-old, testified: "On that night, he could’ve just let me be.
"He could not have molested and groped an unconscious female in his car … He watched me hit the windshield."
DISREGARD FOR VICTIM
According to King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff, surveillance footage of the rape proved Hanson's disregard for the woman.
Rogoff told the court the video shows Hanson assaulting the victim, who was unconscious, unable to even move her head, .
He said: "This is a woman who is being sexually assaulted and has no ability to do anything about it period."
The woman said she now suffers from memory and cognitive issues due to her untreated stroke and she undergoes therapy.
She also said she hasn't been able to work since the attack.
FOUND GUILTY
Hanson reportedly maintained his innocence throughout the trial and shook his head as the victim spoke to the judge before the sentencing.
He was found guilty in April of rape, assault with sexual motivation, felony hit-and-run, and witness tampering for trying to convince his victim to recant her accusation.
In 2001 Hanson was found guilty of kicking his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter to death the previous year.
After being sentenced to 25 years in prison, the ruling was reversed by a Supreme Court ruling, knnown as the Andress decision.
It found a person can't be charged with felony murder when someone dies as a result of an assault.
His conviction was changed to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault of a child in 2006.
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He was re-sentenced to ten years in prison, although he received credit for the six years he had already served and was released in July 2009.
Sewell said: "(The Andress decision) gave the defendant a new chance, a fresh start."
He added that Hanson squandered the opportunity and was convicted of assaulting a girlfriend in 2011 and 2012, and burglary, for which he spent two years in a Nevada prison.
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