A convicted rapist in Contra Costa County court yesterday threw a fit and began muttering "lies" when a letter from his disabled, 80-year-old rape victim was read aloud during his sentencing. Anthony Carl Square, 46, had already agreed last month to plead no contest to three felony counts of rape and related charges in exchange for a sentence of 21 years in state prison. But when prosecutors read the letter from the relative of Square's estranged wife whom Square raped on January 11, 2011, Square lost his cool and began stomping around in his courtroom cell and "huffing," prompting the judge to yell at him twice.

It stands to reason he might be upset hearing the details of his crime read back to him, since they're pretty horrific: The woman says that while Square was living with her in her senior housing complex, during an estrangement with his wife, he blew up at her one night in a moment of some sort of paranoia, drawing a knife on her and forcing oral copulation. He threatened to kill her and his wife, saying it was "because you know all about it," ultimately throwing her on the floor, ripping off her adult diaper, and raping her. He then stole $8 from her wallet and fled the apartment.

In the saddest detail, she's asking for $750 restitution from Square. She wrote to the court that she no longer feels safe in familiar places, and that living in the same apartment and sitting in the same chair where the incident began are terrible reminders of the ordeal. She wants to use the $750 to replace the chair, and the mattress Square used while living there.

Square is contesting the request for restitution, and is apparently still in denial about what happened.

[CC Times]