Aggravated Louisiana rapist sentenced to life without parole

Gregory Jones, 21, of Mansfield, LA, Desoto Parish, was sentenced to mandatory life without parole for beating and raping his ex-girlfriend in front of her child, after his conviction in April. That child, a 4 year old girl, her grandmother (the victim's mother), and the victim's grandmother was in court for the sentencing Thursday, June 19.

Assistant District Attorney Brian Barber said the victim and her daughter were in their apartment in Mansfield last year when Jones came in. The woman told the little girl not to look as she was beaten, then taken to the next room and raped, Barber said.
The woman was hospitalized after the attack, Barber said. Jones had denied beating the woman and said the sex was consensual. He did not speak during today's sentencing.

The victim's second child, four weeks old at the time of the rape, was still in the hospital because of premature birth.