Kafatia going to court
Marie Albu
Issue date: 2/9/05 Section: News
Police located the campus truck matching the description the first woman gave on campus and arrested Kafatia who was still on duty at the time.
Later, two more women identified Kafatia as their attacker in incidents on Dec. 6, 2003 and Oct. 31, 2004, after seeing him on the news.
On the third day of the pretrial hearing Dec. 9, Judge George Eskin dismissed two counts stemming from the alleged rape reported by the 51-year-old woman.
Dudley said she understands Eskin's position.
"Rape of an intoxicated person is hard to prove in court," she said.
Kafatia will stand trial for three of the four alleged incidents, all of which occurred at City College while he was on duty.
He faces eight of the original 10 charges, including rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, criminal threats and false imprisonment. Kafatia plead not guilty to all charges.
Kafatia had come to City College from Malawi, Africa.
He transferred to UCSB and was spending most nights at the Salvation Army until he was adopted by a group calling themselves the Friends of Kent, who raised $17,000, as of October, for his education and even took him into their homes.
Dudley said that after tomorrow's "readiness and settlement" hearing she will know better when a court date may be set.
Later, two more women identified Kafatia as their attacker in incidents on Dec. 6, 2003 and Oct. 31, 2004, after seeing him on the news.
On the third day of the pretrial hearing Dec. 9, Judge George Eskin dismissed two counts stemming from the alleged rape reported by the 51-year-old woman.
Dudley said she understands Eskin's position.
"Rape of an intoxicated person is hard to prove in court," she said.
Kafatia will stand trial for three of the four alleged incidents, all of which occurred at City College while he was on duty.
He faces eight of the original 10 charges, including rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, criminal threats and false imprisonment. Kafatia plead not guilty to all charges.
Kafatia had come to City College from Malawi, Africa.
He transferred to UCSB and was spending most nights at the Salvation Army until he was adopted by a group calling themselves the Friends of Kent, who raised $17,000, as of October, for his education and even took him into their homes.
Dudley said that after tomorrow's "readiness and settlement" hearing she will know better when a court date may be set.