A HESTON STUDENT WHO KIDNAPPED AND SEXUALLY ASSAUL

A HESTON STUDENT WHO KIDNAPPED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED TWO

HOUNSLOW CHILDREN IN A ‘TERRIFYING TWO HOUR ORDEAL’, WAS SENTENCED TO

THREE YEARS YOUTH CUSTODY BY AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE ON FRIDAY.

BESPECTACLED GARY SMITH WAS SAID TO BE HANDICAPPED WITH AN

ACNE PITTED FACE AND SHY MANNER.

HE WAS BULLIED AT SCHOOL AND GIRLS

LAUGHED AT HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO CHAT THEM UP.

THE COURT HEARD THAT SMITH, A 20 YEAR OLD CATERING STUDENT,

OF BELLAMY HOUSE, BISCOE CLOSE, HESTON, HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABSUED IN

ALMOST IDENTICAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN HE WAS 12.

IN LATE JANUARY HE POUNCED ON THE TWO SCHOOLCHILDREN

TO SATISFY HIS URGE FOR SEX, THE JUDGE WAS TOLD.

HE TRICKED THEM INTO HIS CAR BY PRETENDING HE WAS MAKING A

DELIVERY AT THEIR SCHOOL AND THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A LIFT.

THE CHILDREN SOON REALISED THEY HAD MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

HE DROVE THEM 15 MILES FROM THEIR HOME TO MAIDENHEAD AND PARKED IN A

QUIET SPOT.

HE FORCED THE BOY TO COOPERATE AT KNIFEPOINT AND WHEN

THE GIRL SCREAMED HE STRUCK HER NOSE, MAKING IT BLEED, SAID MR.

FERGUS MITCHELL, PROSECUTING.

HE ALSO THREATENED TO KILL THE BOY WITH

THE ‘VERY SHARP CATERING KNIFE.

‘

COUNSEL CONTINUED: ‘HE COMMITTED INDECENT ASSAULTS ON THEM

AND PERHAPS ATTEMPTED WORSE THINGS BUT DID NOT SUCCEED.

THEY WERE SO

FRIGHTENED AND TERRIFIED THEY DID NOT DARE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.

‘

AFTER STRIKING THE GIRL ON HER NOSE SMITH CLAMBERED BACK

INTO THE FRONT SEAT.

IT WAS THEN THAT THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO

ESCAPE.

‘ONCE ON OPEN GROUND SMITH WAS NOT ANXIOUS TO TAKE UP THE

CHASE.

HE OFFERED THEM A LIFT HOME WHICH WAS REFUSED AND A #10 NOTE

WHICH THE BOY ACCEPTED,’ SAID COUNSEL.

THE CHILDREN THEN MADE THEIR WAY TO A HOUSE AND THE POLICE

WERE CALLED.

A MASSIVE HUNT WAS LAUNCHED AND SMITH WAS TRAPPED TWO DAYS

LATER, ON FEB 1 THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE ACCURATE DISCRIPTION THE

CHILDREN HAD GIVEN TO DETECTIVES ABOUT HIS CAR.

MR.

JUSTICE FRENCH TOLD SMITH: ‘I TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOU

SUFFER FROM UNFORTUANTE INADEQUACIES BUT I MUST BARE IN MIND THE

APPALLING VULNERABILTY OF CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

‘IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT BE KNOWN THAT BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SORT

MUST NOT BE TOLERATED.

THAT MUST TAKE PRIORITY OVER YOUR OWN

INTERSTS.

‘

SMITH PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING THE TWO CHILDREN AND

INDECENTLY ASSAULTING THEM.

THE COURT HEARD HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO HANG HIMSELF WHILE IN

CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL.

MR.

STEPHEN BATTEN DEFENDING SAID THE YOUTH SAW HIMSELF AS A

FAILURE BECAUSE HE WAS STILL A VIRGIN.

‘HE HAS REALLY BAD ACNE.

HE IS A SOCIALLY INEPT, SOMEWHAT

CONFUSED AND A WHOLLY UNCONFIDENT YOUNG MAN,’ SAID COUNSEL.

ENDS