March 28, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Court turns back appeal of man convicted of rape

PORTLAND — A Wales man convicted of rape, burglary and kidnapping in an attack on a Farmington Falls woman lost his appeal to the state supreme court on Wednesday.

Michael J. Swan appealed the convictions and an order denying his motion for a new trial, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected his arguments in a unanimous decision.

Swan was convicted of entering the home of a Farmington Falls woman and raping her in February 1992. After the attack, Swan drove the woman to East Wilton and left her alongside a road.

The woman reached a nearby home and called police. Swan was arrested a week later.


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