MORRISTOWN — A 23-year-old man who was convicted in November for his role in the gang rape of an intoxicated teen girl in 2011, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison, authorities said.
Aquil Malik, of Orange, was found guilty after a jury trial of two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count of second-degree sexual assault, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Morristown Police Chief Peter Demnitz said in a news release.
Malik was 17 when he participated in the rape on Sept. 4, 2011 of a 17-year-old girl who was too drunk to consent, authorities have said.
Malik met the intoxicated girl at a social gathering in Morristown, and, after she asked to be taken home, Malik and two others took her to an isolated area and raped her while she was in and out of consciousness, authorities said.
When the girl became aware of what was happening, she told Malik to stop but he refused, they said.
Malik and Dequan McDaniel were both initially charged as juveniles but they were later waived up to adult court. Tyrec Phillips, the third defendant, was 18 at the time of the rape and charged as an adult.
According to the Daily Record, McDaniel and Phillips both pleaded guilty in 2015 to conspiracy and aggravated sexual contact, and were each sentenced to one year probation.
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