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Man convicted of 44 charges in rape case

By Associated Press
Published: February 21, 2018, 4:05pm

PORT ORCHARD — A Washington man has been found guilty of 44 criminal charges that accused him of torturing and threatening to kill a woman working as a prostitute.

The Kitsap Sun reported that a jury handed down the guilty verdicts Tuesday for Jeremy Blaine Fenney, 30, after about two days of deliberation.

The charges against Fenney included rape, kidnapping, assault and human trafficking.

The Kitsap County jury downgraded an attempted murder charge to first-degree assault.

During the trial, the victim told the jury that Fenney had threatened to kill her on multiple occasions.

Fenney is scheduled to be sentenced in late March.

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