Breaking News: Live Updates on Assault Trial

Robert A. Williams, the convict of the rape and torture of a former student of the Graduate School of Journalism was sentenced to life in prison Thursday.

A former student of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism who was the victim of rape and torture last year took the stand in court Friday to testify against her alleged attacker.

Robert A. Williams was convicted Tuesday of 44 charges, including attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, and arson, in the case of a student of the Graduate School of Journalism who was attacked and tortured in April 2007. In this blog, we bring you up-to-the-minute news on the case straight from the courtroom.

Latest Update: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 5:16 p.m.

The trial of Robert Williams, the 31-year-old man accused of raping and torturing a student of the Graduate School of Journalism last year, began Thursday with an opening statement by the prosecution.