COLUMBUS, N.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who spent more than two years in jail awaiting trial has been found not guilty of a series of child sex crimes in a North Carolina courtroom.
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, South Carolina, (https://bit.ly/1KdxIZJ ) reported that 36-year-old Alfard Mullins of Landrum, South Carolina sat behind bars for 882 days before his trial started Aug. 31.
A jury in Columbus deliberated less than an hour before finding Mullins not guilty on all 13 counts, including first-degree rape of a child.
The charges came after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her child and a niece on numerous occasions.
Mullins says he had rejected a plea deal for a lesser sentence because he refused to plead guilty to something he didn’t do.
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