Posted at 3:32 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Man found guilty of rape could get 20 years
Advertiser Staff
A 25-year-old man was found guilty yesterday of abducting a woman sitting in her car in Månoa last year, ordering her to drive to a secluded area and sexually assaulting her.Shannon K. Kalahiki was found guilty after he pleaded no contest in deciding not to challenge the first-degree sex assault, kidnapping and related charges.
Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto scheduled Kalahiki's sentencing for July 11. The sex assault charge carries a maximum 20-year prison term.
The abduction on March 23 last year was one of two unrelated sex assaults in Månoa within a week, prompting concerns among area residents.
In the other case, a woman walking on Sea View Avenue on March 28 last year was forced into a car by as many as five men and sexually assaulted, police said. She was later released near a University of Hawai'i dormitory.
