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A Calgary man who beat a woman unconscious and then raped her created \u201ca scene of stark horror\u201d for his victim and will spend between seven and 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n
A sentencing hearing took place Thursday for Kepra Udup Bang, who was convicted earlier this year of aggravated sexual assault on a woman in July 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A publication ban protects the victim\u2019s identity. She is called MM in Justice Allan Fradsham\u2019s conviction decision.<\/p>\n
It took six years for charges to be laid in MM\u2019s case. The break came after Udup Bang had to submit his DNA as part of his sentence after he was convicted of a break and enter in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Opportunistic and predatory’<\/p>\n
In 2025, police matched Udup Bang\u2019s DNA to swabs collected from MM\u2019s body as well as a wristband found at the crime scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Thursday, prosecutor Peter Mackenzie proposed a 10-year sentence while defence lawyers Gunntas Sidhu and David Nguyen asked the judge to consider a prison term of between seven and nine years.<\/p>\n
Mackenzie described the assault as a \u201ccompletely random stranger attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was opportunistic and it was predatory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Fradsham also heard that Udup Bang has had \u201ca difficult life.\u201d He was born in a refugee camp, lost his father and experienced violence throughout his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fradsham will deliver his decision next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The attack <\/p>\n
During the trial, court heard that on July 14, 2019, neighbours living in the Forest Lawn area heard MM screaming.<\/p>\n
Two women called 911. One looked out her window to see a man raping MM, who was 28 years old at the time.<\/p>\n
By the time help arrived, the attacker was gone and MM was unconscious. Her belongings were strewn across a sidewalk and grassy area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is indeed a scene of stark horror,\u201d said Mackenzie. \u201cShe suffered vicious assault on her head and face as he tried to subdue her.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘Lifelong injuries’<\/p>\n
MM had been so badly beaten several bones in her face were broken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When MM regained consciousness eight days later, she didn\u2019t recognize her own mother and had no memory of the attack.<\/p>\n
She remained in hospital for three months, required surgery to reconstruct bones in her face and used a wheelchair for months after the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mackenzie described her as suffering \u201clifelong injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time of the attack, MM was struggling with addiction and living a transient lifestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The judge noted MM has been sober since the attack but will live with her mother. Court heard MM hardly leaves the house because she\u2019s bothered by noise and is not able to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-806532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}