Twin Cities rapist sentenced to a dozen years in prison

Rage Ibrahim, a 26 year old Somali national who raped a woman in her St. Paul, MN apartment building last August 21, was sentenced to a dozen years in prison and 10 years of post release supervision for the attack, made more disgusting by refusal of her neighbors to help the victim. Surveillance video showed residents looking at the couple (Ibrahim and his victim), but doing nothin about the attack.

At one point, three men approached the couple. Ibrahim got off the woman and headed towards the men — shoving one of them back. Another of the men turned his head and covered his eyes with his hand.

No one called 911 for more than an hour, officials said.

Ibrahim's attorney, Jarod Peterson, told the court about how he watched his father and brother die in Somalia after gunmen stormed into their house 19 years ago, and that Ibrahim's drinking problem, which started around 2005, is a result of that tragedy.

There is no indication he's a danger to the public when he's not drinking," Peterson said.

Ramsey County District Judge Michael Fetsch said about the case, "Your past is full of tragedy - The present facts are another tragedy."