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Tae Kwan Do instructor guilty of sex assault on child flees courtroom
By Ryan Parker
The Denver Post
POSTED: 09/24/2013 05:25:57 PM MDT | UPDATED: 2 MONTHS AGO
A tae kwan do instructor accused of sexual relationships with three of his female, juvenile students fled the Arapahoe County courthouse Tuesday before the guilty verdict was read.
Raul Gutierrez-Hernandez was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and as part of a pattern of abuse but did not appear for the reading after a break in the proceedings, said Lisa Pinto, spokeswoman for the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office.
Gutierrez-Hernandez was an instructor for an Aurora martial arts facility.
The victims in the case were between 12 and 16 years old, according to Pinto.
A warrant was immediately issued for Gutierrez-Hernandez, Pinto said.
"After sexually assaulting these girls in their formative years, and then forcing them to relive their victimization in front of a jury, Gutierrez runs away from the jury's verdict? His black belt in cowardice will look good with his prison overalls," District Attorney George Brauchler said in a news release.
"Gutless."
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LOCAL NEWS
Tae Kwan Do instructor guilty of sex assault on child flees courtroom
By Ryan Parker
The Denver Post
POSTED: 09/24/2013 05:25:57 PM MDT | UPDATED: 2 MONTHS AGO
A tae kwan do instructor accused of sexual relationships with three of his female, juvenile students fled the Arapahoe County courthouse Tuesday before the guilty verdict was read.
Raul Gutierrez-Hernandez was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and as part of a pattern of abuse but did not appear for the reading after a break in the proceedings, said Lisa Pinto, spokeswoman for the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office.
Gutierrez-Hernandez was an instructor for an Aurora martial arts facility.
The victims in the case were between 12 and 16 years old, according to Pinto.
A warrant was immediately issued for Gutierrez-Hernandez, Pinto said.
"After sexually assaulting these girls in their formative years, and then forcing them to relive their victimization in front of a jury, Gutierrez runs away from the jury's verdict? His black belt in cowardice will look good with his prison overalls," District Attorney George Brauchler said in a news release.
"Gutless."
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Martial arts instructor convicted of having sex with teen students flees
Posted 5:12 pm, September 24, 2013, by Thomas Hendrick, Updated at 05:34PM, September 24, 2013
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AURORA, Colo. — Police are looking for a former martial arts instructor who fled a courtroom just before a jury returned a verdict convicting him of having sex with three of his female students.
The guilty verdict was handed down by a jury in the trial of Raul Gutierrez-Hernandez Tuesday.
However, he failed to appear when the jury returned their verdict around 2 p.m. The judge has issued a warrant for his arrest.
Gutierrez-Hernandez was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, and as part of a pattern of abuse.
He was a Tae Kwan Do instructor who had a sexual relationship with three of his female students, when they were between 12 and 16 years old, said district attorney spokeswoman Lisa Pinto. He was arrested in 2011.
“After sexually assaulting these girls in their formative years, and then forcing them to re-live their victimization in front of a jury, Gutierrez runs away from the jury’s verdict? His black belt in cowardice will look good with his prison overalls. Gutless,” said District Attorney George Brauchler.
Martial arts instructor convicted of having sex with teen students flees
Posted 5:12 pm, September 24, 2013, by Thomas Hendrick, Updated at 05:34PM, September 24, 2013
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
AURORA, Colo. — Police are looking for a former martial arts instructor who fled a courtroom just before a jury returned a verdict convicting him of having sex with three of his female students.
The guilty verdict was handed down by a jury in the trial of Raul Gutierrez-Hernandez Tuesday.
However, he failed to appear when the jury returned their verdict around 2 p.m. The judge has issued a warrant for his arrest.
Gutierrez-Hernandez was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, and as part of a pattern of abuse.
He was a Tae Kwan Do instructor who had a sexual relationship with three of his female students, when they were between 12 and 16 years old, said district attorney spokeswoman Lisa Pinto. He was arrested in 2011.
“After sexually assaulting these girls in their formative years, and then forcing them to re-live their victimization in front of a jury, Gutierrez runs away from the jury’s verdict? His black belt in cowardice will look good with his prison overalls. Gutless,” said District Attorney George Brauchler.