ROCKVILLE, Md. – an employee who sexually abused two patients at the Rockville mental health facility where he worked, he will spend the next 40 years behind bars.
A Montgomery County judge sentenced Macdoff Okah Friday in circuit court.
Okah pleaded guilty to one count and a jury convicted him of five others for sexually abusing the two victims receiving psychiatric care at Adventist Healthcare Behavioral Health.
The 46-year-old Silver Spring resident worked there as a psychiatric technician from 2016 until his firing in 2019.
Prosecutors said Okah abused his position of trust and took advantage of his patients while they were in a vulnerable state.
Okah tearfully apologized to his victims in court and asked for forgiveness.
FOX 5 spoke exclusively with Courtney Murray, one of Okah’s victims, after today’s hearing.
“It was, um, a relief that in such a vulnerable state we were able to make our voices heard,” Murray said. “If anyone ever feels vulnerable, you have a voice and you can stay strong because your voice will be heard.”
The judge also ruled that Okah will be on the sex offender registry for life and will never again be able to work in the health care profession or have unsupervised contact with vulnerable adults.
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