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Sentencing for convicted rapist postponed to July

Willis faces up to 54 years in prison By The Associated Press June 29, 2011 Sentencing is being postponed for a man convicted of raping and impregnating his children's 15-year-old baby sitter more than a decade ago. The case of 52-year-old Ernest Willis of Gilford drew national attention because the fundamentalist Baptist church he and the girl attended made her apologize to the congregation. The pastor then helped ship the girl to live with a Colorado couple she didn't know and put her baby up for adoption. The Concord police did not locate her until last year. Willis faces up to 54 years in prison when sentenced in July. No date has been set. A jury convicted Willis on May 27 of forcible rape and statutory rape after deliberating a full day. His sentencing had been scheduled for tomorrow, but it was postponed to give probation officers more time to prepare a presentence report. Before trial, Willis pleaded guilty to a separate count of statutory rape but denied he forcibly raped Tina Anderson twice in 1997. She said it happened once while he was giving her driving lessons and again at her home weeks later. Willis testified that the two had sex on only one occasion and it was consensual. The Associated Press typically does not identify those who say they are victims of sexual assault, but Anderson asked that her name be used. Anderson, now 29, was permitted to give her impact witness statement after the jury returned its verdicts so that she would not have to travel back to New Hampshire from her Arizona home. She said Willis left her feeling guilt-ridden and ashamed. "When he decided his sexual gratification was the most important thing in his life, he shattered mine," Anderson said. Willis's bond was automatically revoked upon his conviction.

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