NEW YORK – A former Rochester nursing home employee was sentenced Friday to decades behind bars for the rape and sexual assault of an 81-year-old resident with dementia, New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
Khadka Pradhan, 52, was sentenced to 25 years in prison to be served concurrently and 20 years of post-release supervision for events that occurred at a Rochester nursing home in September 2021, where she was working as a cleaner at the time.
In November 2022, a jury convicted Pradhan of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree and endangering the well-being of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree and other offences.
“When New Yorkers enter a nursing home, they and their families expect them to be treated with care and respect,” James said in a statement. “Khadka Pradhan committed horrific and shocking crimes, raping an elderly nursing home resident she was sure she would be safe.”
