Can anyone tell me what the sentence is likely to be for attempted rape and GBH? The offender has previous convictions for violence (different victim). The injuries received involve tearing to the vagina, bruised head and jaw and various scratches.
The victim in this case is my daughter and the offender her ex boyfriend.
The charges aren't 100% set yet, this is what the police told my daughter he would likely be charged with. The tearing to her vagina is severe and will require surgery to fix.
My best thoughts to your daughter and family.
Is this scrote likely to plead guilty?
The fact that he has previous will, hopefully, be taken into account and he'll be going away for a long time.
He won't plead guilty judging by what he said to one of his friends about the incident. He said it was my daughter's fault because she wouldn't have sex with him :( He has also claimed that she overreacted and exaggerated but her injuries say different. She had to flee her house wearing nothing but a bra and he then locked himself in her house with her 2 young children (not his), the neighbours had to lend her a blanket to cover up and phone the police for her.
I am incandescent with rage at him but I know this is pointless. My job is to support my daughter through this.
I'm amazed that Bednobs feels that those injuries don't amount to GBH!
As far as I'm concerned rapists should have the book thrown at them perhaps they might think twice before they forceably impose themselves on victims who will carry the mental scars, if not the physical ones, for many years afterwards.
My good wishes to your daughter daffy; I hope she finds the strength to get through this.
Perhaps once he has been caught, this charmer will realise that the weight of evidence against him leaves him precious little option other than to plead guilty?
I'm sorry no-one can give you a definitive answer. I suppose that will have to wait until he has been charged and you find out exactly what those charges are.
in june last year a man convicted of rape, attempted rape and gbh was convicted for 6 years + 6.5 years. in that case the gbh constituted hitting the poor girl with a lead pipe seveeral times and leaving her for dead after raping her.
so in many a sense i agree with bednobs, the gbh may be set aside by the more severe attempted rape charge, but again to put a number on it is difficult but i wouldn't expect any more than 2-3 years at most if that.
Thanks everyone.
We will all be relieved when he is in custody. I just hope my oh doesn't bump into him beforehand as he will likely attack him and get himself into trouble.
Hopefully a long time Daffy- I'm so sorry this has happened. Did he use any weapon against her or just his fists to cause the bruising to head and jaw?
hiya, re GBh, i always thought that it was things like compound fractures, injuries that were severe and enduring or needed lengthy hospital treatment, trasfusions etc
I don't know what constitutes GBH, he has completely shredded her perineum (and I do mean completely!) She will require surgery to fix it. Her jaw is severely bruised and she has a large cut and bruise on her head where he threw her from the wall to the window and the bed.
I honestly don't care what he is charged with as long as he gets prison time.