A father who took the law into his own hands, shooting and killing the man who sexually abused his daughter, has been given a 40 year jail term.
Jay Maynor shot his wife’s adoptive father, Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, in his Alabama yard in June 2014 – as vengeance for sexually abusing his daughter.
He plead guilty to the crime this year so his daughter would not have to relive her years of abuse during his trial, reports AL.com.
Julia Maynor, now 24, was just 8-years-old when it was revealed her grandfather Raymond had been routinely 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.
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 her father 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 and killed him.
Mr Maynor was sentenced on Monday in a Cullman County courtroom to 20 years in prison for the first shooting and 40 years for murder.
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 towards her sister. She told the media she believes her dad is being punished too harshly when Brooks essentially 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 said.
“Everything comes back to me as to why this has happened. I feel like it’s my fault. I’m sad but yet mad.”
