Teenager attacked and tossed in Winnipeg river recalls darkness and pain
WINNIPEG — A teenager who was beaten, sexually assaulted and forced into a Winnipeg river told her attacker Tuesday she continues to suffer the physical and emotional pain of an attack that almost claimed her life.
The girl, who cannot be identified under a court order, wrote a one-page victim impact statement for the sentencing hearing of Justin Hudson, 22, who pleaded guilty last December to two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
“I remember only parts of it. Dark. Cold. Pain,” the statement reads.
“I am a real person. A human being. And you hurt me terribly, an injustice for which you are now paying the consequence.”