Awfully lenient sentence for repeat rape offender - just over 4 years

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Had been convicted of sexual assault and jained for a year, and let out on license. 2 weeks after license had expired he raped a woman in the street.

4 years?

What a bloody joke.

Title is misleading he sexually assaulted the first woman and raped the second not both. It says he wil serve a minimum of 4years and 3 months and the parole board will decide whether or not he will get out so I think his sentence might be longer but still he should be locked up for life.

He raped "a 30 year-old virgin"....in a public place.

...which would have made it easier to secure a conviction. A woman with no sexual history as such accosted by a stranger in the street.

It conforms with the classic rapist stereotype, the CPS would have had no problems going ahead with that one and the jury wouldn't have any awkward facts like the woman knowing her attacker or having had a sex life of her own to "cloud" their judgement....

A repeat sex offender, Omg, at any rate.

I agree, a minimum of 4 years and 3 months seems much too short given that his pattern of offending suggests he is a serious danger to women.

Does anyone else find the fact that the paper prominently highlighted the victim's virginity (as well as her age, but that's par for the course) as infuriating? What does it matter whether she was a virgin or not - he raped her?

IC - I didn't just find it infuriating, I found it a perfect example of how to perpetuate rape myths. They're highlighting all the characteristics of a 'proper' nun down an alley by a stranger rape to contrast with their normal reporting.

Exactly, AW.

I'm definitely going to blog about the "innocent victim". Such a damaging misconception/misogyny.

What's your blog, IC?

Oops, didn't mean to be shamelessly self-publicising, - there are another couple of threads relating to it: here and here.

If you're interested in checking the blog out, it's here