Prosecutor calls St. George man who raped disabled woman a 'coward' during sentencing

ST. GEORGE — A St. George man who pled guilty to sexual abuse charges received 364 days in jail in connection with a 2017 case that has taken nearly five years to resolve.

Bradley Allen West, 45, turned himself into Purgatory Correctional Facility on April 4 to begin serving out his sentence on two second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse. The sentence was handed down by District Judge G. Michael Westfall during a hearing held in 5th District Court on March 31.

The defendant was initially charged with four first-degree felonies, including one count of rape, two counts of object rape and one count of forcible sodomy. Under the terms of a plea agreement reached in October, the charges were reduced to the two second-degree felony charges that West pleaded guilty to six months ago.

The case was filed following an investigation into an incident reported in June 2017. A woman called police reporting she had been raped by West, whom she reportedly met on an online dating site.

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