Ohio man gets 110 years for 4 rapes found through DNA tests

CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Cleveland has sentenced a man convicted by a jury of rape and kidnapping for assaults on four women in the 1990s to 110 years to life in prison.

The judge and a prosecutor both called Dwayne Wilson, 54, of Cleveland “the worst of the worst” during sentencing today. Wilson was convicted of seven counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping in February. He was charged last year after tests matched his DNA to evidence found in a backlog of untested rape kits.

Wilson maintained his innocence today and said he planned to appeal. After serving four years in prison for sexually battery, he was taken to jail last October on the new charges. One of victims was a 16-year-old girl.