Sex Assault Victim No Longer Afraid

It took less than two hours for a jury on Friday to convict a Coeur d’Alene man of attacking a woman at her home last year. Graham Burrage, 27, (pictured) was convicted last week of sexually assaulting the woman while her three children huddled in a nearby bedroom. That woman, “Mary”, said Monday morning that she’s no longer a victim but a survivor now that Burrage has been convicted of attacking her. Now she looks forward to no longer being afraid. Last week, Mary confronted Burrage in court at his trial for the assault which happened a year ago in her Coeur d’Alene home/ KXLY . More here .

DFO: Years ago, I attended church with the convicted man and his family. He was a little kid then. I didn’t know his family or him well. But I was still fairly surprised when I learned he was involved in this heinous crime. His mother and siblings are of good stock. I feel for the victim and the Burrage family today. I doubt that this wayward son will be seeing freedom any time soon.