Brockton Man Acquitted of Child Rape Charges

By Maria Papadopoulos
August 9, 2012

Note: This article was originally published on EnterpriseNews.com.

A jury has acquitted a 52-year-old Brockton man on 11 counts of child rape and other charges in a case dating back to 2006.

BROCKTON – A jury has acquitted a 52-year-old Brockton man on 11 counts of child rape and other charges in a case dating back to 2006.

The jury made its decision on Tuesday in Brockton Superior Court – six years after Brian Pike was first accused of child rape, his attorney, Patrick Noonan, said Wednesday.

On June 8, 2007, a Plymouth County grand jury indicted Pike on three counts of rape of a child with force, six counts of indecent assault and battery and two counts of dissemination of harmful material to a minor.

A 12-member jury found Pike, a Marine Corps veteran, not guilty on all 11 counts on Tuesday, according to the clerk’s office at Brockton Superior Court. Judge Robert Cosgrove presided during the three-day trial.

Pike, who is collecting disability after suffering a work-related injury in the 1980s, was hospitalized on Tuesday when the verdict came down and his court appearance was waived, his attorney said.

“When I gave him the news, he laid there speechless in his hospital bed and tears poured from his eyes,” Noonan said. “It was the look of a man who had the weight of the world lifted from his shoulders.”

Noonan and his father, Attorney Gerald J. Noonan, were Pike’s defense lawyers.

Maria Papadopoulos may be reached at mpapadopoulos@enterprisenews.com.

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