Convicted Rapist, Whose Tongue Was Partly Bitten Off During Attack, Sentenced

RIVERSIDE  (AP) — A convicted rapist whose tongue was partially bitten off during an attack has been sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences for assaults on four women.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports Friday that 35-year-old Ronald Douglas McGowan Jr. showed little emotion as he was sentenced to 633 years to life.

McGowan was convicted in August of rape, along with robbery, assault, battery and sodomy charges in attacks on four women.

He was arrested in June 2009 after going to an emergency room with a chunk of his tongue missing.

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