After being convicted on July 31 of raping an intoxicated Ohio University student and being granted his appeal last week, Levi Canterbury is awaiting his next hearing.
Athens County Court of Common Pleas Judge L. Alan Goldsberry approved the request, and Canterbury, 23, was granted an attorney and public defender in the case.
Canterbury was found guilty of two counts of rape against an OU student in 2011 and was initially sentenced to seven years in prison.
Along with the prison sentence, Canterbury was ordered to pay $8,450 in restitution within four years and a $10,000 fine. Canterbury would have to pay the restitution as ordered for the fine to be waived, according to an Athens County Prosecutor’s news release.
Part of Canterbury’s restitution will include the counseling costs for the victim’s psychologist.
The release also states that Canterbury will be subject to Tier III sexual offender registration upon his release from prison, which requires him to register every 90 days for life.
The victim told the courtroom that she looks forward to putting the ordeal behind her and that she has a difficult time expressing her experience. Her mother said the incident changed her daughter and made her more introverted and fearful.
Though Canterbury was caught changing his story while on trial, he admitted to picking up the inebriated girl along Ohio Route 82 on Sept. 10, 2011, to give her a ride home.
Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn pointed out in a news release that despite Canterbury’s seven-year sentence, the penalty for rape could have resulted in an 11-year sentence.
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