A father who took the law into his own hands when he shot and killed a man who had abused his daughter 13 years earlier has been given a 40 year jail term.
Jay Maynor shot and killed his wife’s adoptive father, Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, in his Alabama yard in June 2014 but only plead guilty to the crime this year so his daughter would not have to relive her years of abuse in his trial, reports AL.com.
Julia Maynor, 24, was just 8-years-old when it was revealed her grandfather Raymond had been abusing her. In 2002 Brooks plead guilty to sexually abusing the girl and served 27 months of a five-year sentence. He also paid restitution.
Jay Maynor. Picture: Facebook.
On the day of the shooting Julia says she got into an argument with her father and somehow the issue of her abuse was raised and she said her father just snapped.
“I haven’t seen Raymond in years,” Julia Maynor told AL. “It was just something I said out of anger to my father.”
Following the fight Mr Maynor, 43, took off on his motorbike. He first stopped at a convenience store where he shot at a man who was dating his stepdaughter. The intended victim was able escape unharmed as he hid inside.
The father then drove to where Brooks was living, where he killed him.
Mr Maynor was sentenced on Monday in a Cullman County courtroom to 20 years in prison for the first shooting and handed a 40-year murder sentence, however, the time is to run concurrently.
Registered sex offender Raymond Earl Brooks was killed two years ago. (ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY)
Julia claims her father shot at the first man because he’d been abusive toward her sister and told the media she believes her dad is being punished too harshly when Brooks practically got away with ruining her life.
“He took my innocence away and only served like 18 months, and now I suffer daily from what Raymond did to me. It’s not fair,” she told AL.
“Everything comes back to me as to why this has happened. I feel like it’s my fault. I’m sad but yet mad.”
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