GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - On Thursday afternoon, a habitual offender was sentenced for a 2021 kidnapping and rape in Gulfport.

Circuit Court Judge Lisa Dodson ordered Sterling Wingo to serve 20 years in prison day-for-day.

Wingo received 20 years on the kidnapping charge and 10 years, to run concurrently, on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Judge Dodson sentenced Wingo as a habitual offender. That means he will serve the 20 years day-for-day without the possibility of early release or parole.

Wingo was initially also charged with sexual battery, but that charge was dropped as part of his plea agreement.

On September 6, 2021, a woman told police she refused to have sex with Wingo and attempted to leave the residence, when he pulled her back into the house by her

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