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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Burglar rapes 82-year-old virgin


'Menace' burglar who walked free from court went on to rape an 82-year-old virgin in her own home just seven months later

  • Police found Daniel Hewett, 23, sleeping in the bed where he did sex attack
  • Jailed for five years for brutal assault on foreign student who lost an eye
  • Two months after his release he then burgled a 72-year-old man
  • Judge Michael Lawson let him go free to 'set about a new existence'
  • Same man had presided over the trial of paedophile teacher Jeremy Forrest


A career criminal allowed to walk free despite being branded a 'menace to the public' went on to rape an 82-year-old virgin in her own home, a court heard today.
Police found Daniel Hewett, 23, sleeping in the bed where he carried out the sex attack on the vulnerable pensioner, who he initially wanted to burgle.
Lewes Crown Court heard when he was 17 he was jailed for five years for attacking a foreign student, but within two months of his release he offended again.
Shameful: Daniel Hewett, 23, has admitted raping an 82-year-old, Lewes Crown Court heard (pictured), in a case which came after a judge let him walk free despit calling him a 'menace'
Shameful: Daniel Hewett, 23, has admitted raping an 82-year-old, Lewes Crown Court heard (pictured), in a case which came after a judge let him walk free despit calling him a 'menace'
He had burgled the home of a pensioner in his seventies only to be caught carrying the stolen goods.
But Judge Michael Lawson, despite having the opportunity to send him back to prison, allowed Hewett to walk free from court in October last year to enable him to 'set about a new existence'.

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But in May this year Hewett raped the 82-year-old, who the court heard was a virgin.
Experience: Judge Michael Lawson presided over the case of teacher Jeremy Forrest, who ran off with a pupil, then 15
Experience: Judge Michael Lawson presided over the case of teacher Jeremy Forrest, who ran off with a pupil, then 15
She then called Sussex Police from a neighbour's house, who found the rapist asleep in the elderly woman's bed.
The pensioner was left so traumatised by the rape that she suffered a heart scare and had to be rushed to hospital.
Hewett admitted burglary and rape and will be sentenced on September 19.
Hewett's victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has since recovered from her ordeal and was described by Judge Charles Kemp as 'remarkable'.
The sex attack came six years after Hewett was jailed for a brutal attack on a foreign student in Hove, Sussex.
Jiri Fris, then 24, had been walking home from work when he was set upon by a 17-year-old Hewett and his gang of teenage friends.
The pair battered the Czech man's face before striking him with a broken bottle taken from a recycling bin. The glass slit his eyeball and despite emergency surgery Mr Fris has never regained his sight.
Hewett, of Brighton, Sussex, was ound guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a six-day trial in May 2007.
He was released in May 2012 but just two months after he was released he targeted the home of a pensioner who had left a window ajar at his home in Hove, Sussex.
The serial criminal stole his TV and some commemorative cups on July 7 last year before a member of the public saw Hewett carrying the goods down the street.
He was thrust in front of a court where he admitted the burglary at the pensioner's home.
Sentencing Hewett for the burglary, Judge Lawson told him: 'If you are not a danger to the public, you are certainly a menace to the public.
'If you want to spend the rest of your life in prison, doing a stretch here and a stretch there, that is your business.
'On your 23rd birthday, you set about a new existence.'
Michael Lawson presided over the case of teacher Jeremy Forrest, 30, who was convicted of abducting a 15-year-old pupil and admitted five further counts of sexual activity with a child.




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Justice means the victims see the perpetrators punished. If this fails to occur then remove the judge.
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Our most vulnerable are bearing the brunt of law reform and soft sentencing.
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If a psychiatrist wrongly labelled a patient as sane and that patient then rapes an 82 year old, the psychiatrist would have their fitness to practise reviewed by the GMC. Why do judges not have to be held accountable for their decisions?
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He is escalating in his crimes and must be locked away for a long time. He is a danger to public safety and if he is is not given an adequate custodial sentence I will be writing to the attorney general personally and would urge everyone to do the same. This man is a disgrace and so is the judge who let him off.
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Lawson should be barred from the bench!
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This vile sadistic freak needs putting away for the rest of his miserable life. A danger to society. Who would do that? Complete sicko.
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This scumbag is never going to be anything other than a danger and a menace to society, will probably never do an honest day's work so let him rot in prison until the day he dies.
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This case shows clearly why the majority of judges are not up to the job. The lady should claim damages from Judge Michael Lawson as he failed to protect the public from this criminal.
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Life! No less will be adequate. Jo in Wales
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Judge Lawson needs SACKED, as much a menance to the public as this habitual scumbag Hewett. Just how many instances of poor judgement does it take before a judge can be removed as totally unsuited to that position of responsibility?
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