Tiburon rapist rejected in bid for parole

Tiburon rapist rejected in bid for parole

A man sentenced for repeatedly raping a Tiburon woman after tying her up in her apartment in 1998 has been denied parole for at least five years. Frederick Sidney Laird, 65, committed the crimes in 1998 after responding to a newspaper ad the woman had placed for a roommate. As the 25-year-old woman was showing him the apartment, he punched her, bound her with duct tape and raped her while holding a knife to her throat, authorities said. After ra…