Man who left five-year-old girl to be killed by alligators spared death penalty

Quantisha Maycock was savaged by alligators after being left for dead there

A pensioner who kidnapped a five-year-old girl nearly 30 years ago and left her to be killed by alligators has been spared the death penalty.

Harrel Braddy, now 76, kidnapped Quatisha Maycock in 1998 and abandoned her on ‘Alligator Alley’ in the wetland area of Florida known as the Everglades.

He was originally sentenced to death for his crimes in 2007 by an 11-1 jury vote, but that was overturned in 2017 due to a law requiring a unanimous verdict.