ROCKINGHAM — A convicted murderer is accused of forcing a woman to have sexual relations.
According to an arrest warrant, 47-year-old Patrick Pratt, of Rockingham, engaged in a sexual offense with a female victim “by force and against” her will.
The incident allegedly happened on May 15 and Pratt was arrested the following day at 3 a.m.
Pratt was booked into the Richmond County Jail, charged with a single count of second-degree forcible sex offense. He is being held on a $500,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court May 30.
Online court records show Pratt has no other pending charges.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Pratt was convicted in 1995 of second-degree murder and common law robbery. He was released from prison in 2008.
Pratt’s only other conviction was in 2018 for driving while impaired in Anson County.
