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12/10/1999 01:37 PM

Louima to Make Statement at Volpe's Sentencing

By: NY1 News

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Former NYPD officer Justin Volpe faces sentencing on Monday, and the man he was convicted of beating and sodomizing is set to speak out.

Abner Louim's lawyer says his client will speak before the judge in the case, giving a victim's impact statement prior to the sentencing. However, the lawyer did not say what will be included in that statement.

While Volpe and four fellow officers were on trial for the attack earlier this year, Volpe admitted to sodomizing Louima inside the bathroom of Brooklyn's 70th Precinct stationhouse in 1997. Three of the four other officers were convicted by the jury.

Prosecutors are expected to recommend Volpe be sentenced to life in prison without parole.