A man who plead guilty to assaulting a young woman and dumping her naked along a South County freeway was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison on Wednesday.
Christopher Carrera, 33, knew the woman found naked, slashed and badly bruised along state Route 125 on Aug. 18. His accomplice, 48-year-old Cathy McCoy, will be sentenced at later date.
The woman told police she was abducted in an SUV while approaching a house in City Heights on Aug. 18, 2011.
The victim gave a graphic testimony last year and said she was confronted when she went into a makeshift garage at a City Heights home to retrieve some of her clothing.
The woman testified that Carrera beat her from his position in the driver's seat.
Police said McCoy and Carrera stopped the SUV on State Route 125, at which point Carrera pulled the victim out of the vehicle by her hair, before punching her in the face and kicking her.
McCoy and Carrera fled the scene as the victim began waving to motorists for help, police said.
McCoy and Carrera faced charges ranging from kidnapping, sexual assault and assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation, but the District Attorney's office did not file attempted murder charges last year.
