Ethiopian refugee Ahmed Sule has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a legally blind elderly man in the victim’s home

The victim, who was 84 at the time of the attack, was suffering from cancer when Sule broke into his home. Sule, 24, repeatedly told the man that he loved him and wanted to kiss him before sexually assaulting him. The elderly man tried to fight off the Ethiopian but was weak from radiation and chemotherapy. The man has since died. Those factors led to an aggravated sentence for Sule. State guidelines typically allot 12 to 19 years in prison for similar crimes. The Ethiopian has been sentenced to 346 months in prison on one count of first-degree criminal sexual assault and 57 months for first-degree burglary, to be served concurrently. Sule will be deported after his prison term.