Editor’s note: This article contains a description of a sexual assault.
A 57-year-old North Carolina man was sentenced to up to three years in state prison in connection with the beating and attempted rape of a woman in South Boston in 2020, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.
Glen Mumford was convicted of assault with intent to rape and assault and battery by a jury last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office said in a statement. Mumford will serve two-and-a-half to three years in prison for the assault with intent to rape charge, and two years probation on the assault and battery charge.
A resident at the Old Colony housing project in South Boston reported a woman screaming for help in a basement hallway around 5:50 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2020. When police arrived, they heard “gargled breathing” and “heavy moans” and found Mumford face down assaulting the woman, according to the statement.
When police identified themselves, Mumford rose to his knees and revealed the woman beneath him, who was unconscious and naked from the waist down, Hayden’s office said. The woman “appeared to be choking on blood flowing from her nose and mouth.” When the woman, who had “freshly broken” teeth and bleeding gums, regained consciousness she told police, “I was screaming for help, he tried to kill me.”
The woman told police she had met Mumford at the Andrew Square MBTA station in Dorchester.
Hayden’s office sought a sentence of seven to nine years for Mumford.
“This man deserves every minute of his sentence for an attack that left a woman choking on her own blood and shattered the early-morning peace in a public housing development. I thank everyone involved for putting together the facts that led to a strong case, and I thank the jurors for their sound verdict,” Hayden said in the statement.
If you are a victim of sexual assault, you are not alone.
Rape Crisis Centers in Massachusetts offer free, confidential services for adolescent and adult survivors as well as their loved ones.
Crisis centers operate a 24/7 toll-free hotline for phone counseling, questions and referrals. For a full list of regional crisis centers, click here.
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