KANSAS CITY —A Jackson County judge sentenced a former nurse in an Independence hospital to 20 years in a prison for the rape of a patient, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
In November, a judge convicted 39-year-old Chukwuemeka U. Emmanuel of Rape or Attempted Rape 1st Degree, after a bench trial.
According to court documents filed Thursday, a patient at Centerpoint Hospital in Independence reported to police that she was raped by her nurse, who police identified as Emmanuel.
The victim told police the nurse had been cleaning her when the rape occurred. At the time, the patient was being given morphine and other narcotics for pain management.
The victim said she told the defendant several times that he was hurting her and she asked him to stop. Another nurse at Centerpoint, who told police she is in a relationship with Emmanuel, stated that he called her and told her he was going to Nigeria because he had been accused of a rape. She believed he was in New York or Nigeria.