Jurors convicted 28-year-old Wesley Randall Hatfield late Wednesday on charges of rape and reckless conduct
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA -- A Gwinnett County jury has sentenced an HIV-positive man to life plus 10 years in prison for raping a woman at a Lawrenceville psychiatric hospital in September 2007.
Jurors convicted 28-year-old Wesley Randall Hatfield late Wednesday on charges of rape and reckless conduct, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Prosecutors said Hatfield sneaked into the room of a female patient at the SummitRidge Center for Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine, and raped her while she was asleep and on sedatives. Records show that Hatfield also was a patient at SummitRidge when he raped the woman.
Read more about Hatfield's sentencing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.