By Kim Smith, ARIZONA DAILY STAR

A Tucson man already serving decades in prison on fraud charges is facing decades more after being convicted Friday of raping a teenager in October 2001.

It took a Pima County jury about 90 minutes to convict Seymour Abdullah, 57, of two counts of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping. It was unable to reach a verdict on burglary and aggravated-assault charges.

The victim, who was 19 at the time of the rape, told jurors that a man came to her home near Grant Road and Interstate 10, introduced himself as a police officer and asked for her mother.

Once inside, the man pulled a gun, locked the door and began to demand money. He then bound her with duct tape and sexually assaulted her.

Years later, the woman said the same man came into the convenience store where she worked, remarked on how familiar she looked and gave her his business card.

Although she gave the card to a Tucson police officer, no follow-up investigation was ever done.

Abdullah was identified as the woman's attacker in 2007 after his DNA was entered into a database following his conviction in a fraud and forgery case.

Abdullah testified Thursday that he had consensual sex with the woman after she propositioned him in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.

His attorney, Harold Higgins, told jurors the woman wasn't a credible witness. He pointed out several inconsistent statements she made and several lapses of memory.

In addition, Higgins pointed out Abdullah's fingerprints weren't found inside the house.

Deputy Pima County Attorney Jonathan Mosher told jurors that any lapses in memory or inconsistencies can be attributed to the age of the case.

If the woman was really trying to frame Abdullah, she would not have forgotten one of the acts he allegedly committed — one that came out through other witnesses who spoke with the woman at the time of the assault, Mosher said.

Also, if the woman had wanted to frame Abdullah after a regretful encounter with him, why wouldn't she have given police a description of the car he was driving that day at the fast-food restaurant? Mosher asked. Wouldn't she have wanted police to have an easier time tracking him down?

If Mosher is able to prove Abdullah has two prior felony convictions, Abdullah could be sentenced to between 14 and 28 years on each of the sexual assault counts, plus an additional 10.5 to 35 years on the kidnapping charge.

It will be up to Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Nichols to decide whether those sentences should run consecutively or concurrently with each other and with the prison sentence Abdullah already is serving.

Abdullah's current prison sentence is scheduled to expire in July 2023.

Nichols will sentence Abdullah on March 6.

Mosher will also announce at that time if he intends to re-try Abdullah on the aggravated-assault and burglary charges.