By Victor Omondi
On Tuesday, a serial rapist who pretended to be an Uber driver to kidnap and rape women was sentenced to at least 41 years in jail – in front of his victims, who bravely faced him in court.
As per Cleveland.com, Christian Burks of Ohio pled guilty to sexually assaulting five women in Cleveland between October 2017 and May 2020, including two who he assaulted while posing as an Uber driver.
He was addressed by a number of his victims in court.
“I hope you are haunted by my limp body lying in the backseat of your car. I hope you never live another day without the soul-crushing weight of me on your mind,” one of the victims told him. “I am not weak. I am not defenseless. I am not an object for you to use at your disposal. I will not be haunted by the thought of you.”
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During the sentencing, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg described Burks, who preyed on women outside restaurants in downtown Cleveland, as “cunning” and “ruthless,” saying he targeted women who were trying to get home safely by taking Ubers.
“There is not one thing that the victims did where they bear responsibility for what happened to them,” Synenberg stated Tuesday, according to Cleveland.com. “I hope they can free themselves of any space you occupy in their heads.”
Another victim said she thought she was getting into an Uber when Burks assaulted her, but she couldn’t look him in the eyes in court.
“I know there are many more men, and many more people, who have bad intentions that I cannot save them from,” she claimed, Cleveland. “But I can stand up here and tell you today that the world is a less safe and more dangerous place for all of these young women when this man is allowed freedom.”
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