New York couple sentenced to prison after woman held in apartment

(This Jan. 29 story corrects name of judge in the 10th paragraph and spelling of prosecutor's name in the 12th paragraph) By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York couple who faced life imprisonment on charges of holding a paralyzed woman captive for over a year received sentences on Thursday of more than a decade in prison in a plea deal with prosecutors. Maureen Murray, now 61, was discovered by police in 2012 with broken bones and severe malnourishment, huddled on the floor of a bare apartment room in the city's Queens borough, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said Murray had been lured in 2011 by her former neighbor Mae Washington, 65, to rent an apartment together in order to save money. Washington and Donovan faced 11 charges including kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.



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