A bid by the monster to escape the electric chair and for the kidnapped ladies to avoid further press attention. We hope the girls will be able to settle down and live normal lives now.
The Ohio man accused of raping and holding 3 women captive in his home for about a decade has agreed to a plea deal that will see him imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.
Ariel Castro, 53, was arrested in May after one of the women escaped.
Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, went missing in Cleveland between 2002-2004.
Castro was charged with murder for beating and starving one of the women, who was pregnant, until she miscarried.
In a courtroom in Cleveland, Judge Michael Russo repeatedly warned Castro he would never be let out of prison.
"Is that clear?" he asked Castro, who sat wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, his hands cuffed in front of him.
"I do understand that, your honour," Castro, an unemployed school bus driver, replied. "I knew I was pretty much going to get the book thrown at me."
Under the terms of the plea deal Castro will receive an additional sentence of 1,000 years and his property and other assets will be forfeited.
He is protected from further charges and from the death penalty, according to the agreement.
The judge said there were plans to demolish the house where the women were held.
Castro was charged with 977 counts including 2 counts of aggravated murder and multiple counts of kidnap and rape.
The 3 women were rescued from the house where they were kept by Castro after Ms Berry kicked open a door and was rescued by a neighbour who summoned the police.
When officials arrived they freed Ms Knight and Ms DeJesus, as well as Ms Berry's 6-year-old daughter, fathered by Mr Castro.
The 3 women were abducted after accepting car rides from Castro, police said. Neighbours said they did not think anyone had been living in the house where the women were imprisoned.
Source: BBC
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