(WWJ) A Michigan man faces decades in prison, found guilty of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend in an attempt to cause an abortion.
According Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, 30-year-old Samuel Jenkins of Flint Township was convicted on ten felony counts related to multiple assaults on the victim three years ago.
According to prosecutors, the victim initially agreed to have an abortion when she learned she was pregnant with Jenkins' child in the summer of 2018.
When she could not go through with the procedure, and started showing at 27 weeks, Jenkins "told her he would beat it out of her," a release by Leyton's office says.
In August of 2018, prosecutors say Jenkins punched the victim multiple times, and at one pointed a gun and said he would shoot her in the stomach.
In a cell phone audio recording provided to police, Jenkins can be heard beating the victim, threatening to kill her and the fetus, and saying he would break the baby's neck when it was born, according to prosecutors.
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The victim eventually escaped to a hospital, police were called, and Jenkins was arrested several days later.
The jury convicted Jenkins of torture, felony firearm, criminal sexual conduct first degree, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, felonious assault, felony firearm, attempt assault of a pregnant individual to induce abortion, carrying a concealed weapon, aggravated domestic violence, and knowingly assaulting a pregnant individual.
"I am very grateful for the jury's verdict in rendering justice against a man who violently beat his pregnant girlfriend in an attempt to abort her pregnancy," said Leyton, in a statement. "The acts of the defendant show him to be a danger to society and the justice system is making sure he will be held accountable for his actions and put away in prison where he belongs for many years to come."
Sentencing in the case is set for Sept. 13
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