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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence

Interstate Kidnapping Escape - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.

Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported. A federal jury convicted him in October on charges of kidnapping, transportation for criminal sexual activity, being a felon in possession of a weapon and attempting to break out of jail when he tried to smash through his cell window in August 2023.

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