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Corbin man found guilty of child rape in Knox County
Posted On 14 Oct 2020
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Following a three-day trial Wednesday in Knox Circuit Court, a Knox County jury recommended a 30-year prison sentence for a Corbin man.
Photo by Jeff Ledington
Carl Weddle is led from the Knox County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
Carl Wayne Weddle, 36 of Corbin, was indicted earlier this year by a Knox County grand jury on three counts of first-degree rape for engaging in sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 12 years through the use of forcible compulsion; three counts of first-degree sodomy by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse through forcible compulsion with a child under the age of 12; and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse by subjecting a child under 12 years of age to sexual contact through the use of forcible compulsion.
Forcible compulsion is defined as “physical force which overcomes resistance, or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of death or physical injury to herself or himself or another person.”
A formal sentencing is scheduled for January 2021.
