JUST AFTER ENDURING A HORRIFIC SEX ORDEAL PRETTY T
JUST AFTER ENDURING A HORRIFIC SEX ORDEAL PRETTY TEENAGER
PENELOPE MARTIN WAS TAKEN BY HER ATTACKER TO DINE WITH DANCE STAR
WAYNE SLEEP, AN OLD BAILEY JURY HEARDON MONDAY.
DURING HER MEAL, AT LANGAN’S BRASSERIE, AN EXCLUSIVE LONDON
NIGHTSPOT, THE NINETEEN YEAR OLD REVEALED HER TERRIBLE SECRET TO A
FRIEND OF THE TOP DANCER.
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IN A HUSHED WHISPER SHE TOLD HOW THE MANAGER OF HER DANCE
TROUPE 52 YEAR OLD JEFFREY WELLS KEPT HER PRISONER FOR THREE HOURS.
WELLS WAS SITTING JUST A FEW FEET AWAY AS SHE RELATED HER
HUMILATING EXPERIENCE, THE COURT HEARD.
SHE WAS FORCED TO WATCH TOP AMERICAN SOAP OPERA ‘DYNASTY’
TOPLESS.
THEN SHE WAS STRIPPED NAKED AND WELLS SMOOTHERED HER BODY
WITH KISSES.
HE ALSO FONDLED HER PRIVATE PARTS.
‘SHE WAS CRYING AND HE WAS LAUGHING,’ SAID MISS ANN MALLALIEU
PROSECUTING.
WELLS, THE MANAGER OF HER JAZZ DANCE GROUP CALLED ‘FREE
EXPRESSION, DENIES FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND INDECENT ASSAULT IN
NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
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HER ORDEAL BEGAN WHEN SHE AGREED TO VISIT WELLS AT HIS HOME
IN GLOUCESTER PLACE, BAYSWATER DURING THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 8.
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HE BECAME ENRAGED WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS MOVING TO A NEW
ADDRESS TO LIVE WITH ANOTHER FEMALE DANCER.
HE BEGAN SHOUTING AT HER
AND BARRED HER WAY WHEN SHE TRIED TO LEAVE.
‘HE TOOK HOLD OF HER FACE AND TRIED TO KISS HER.
HE
THREATENED TO KNOCK HER OUT WHEN SHE TRIED TO SCREAM,’ SAID MISS
MALLALIEU.
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HE THREW HER TO THE GROUND AND PICKED HER UP BY HER CLOTHING
RIPPING HER TEE SHIRT.
HE ORDERED HER TO TAKE HER TOP OFF AND THE PETRIFIED GIRL,
AGREED.
‘FOR AN HOUR SHE WAS FORCED TO WATCH DYNASTY AND EVERY TIME
SHE LOOKED AWAY HE ORDERED HER TO KEEP HER EYES ON THE SCREEN,’
COUNSEL WENT ON.
AFTER THE PROGRAMME FINNISHED HE FORCED HER ONTO HIS BED AND
REMOVED THE BOTTOM HALF OF HER CLOTHING.
‘HE LAY ON TOP OF HER AND KISSED HER BODY ALL OVER.
HE THEN
YELLED: ”YOU HATE ME DON’T YOU.
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HE GRABBED A CARVING KNIFE TURNED IT TOWARDS HIS STOMACH AND
SHOUTED: ‘GO ON KILL ME.
YOU HATE ME SO KILL ME.
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STANDING IN HIS SHIRT AND UNDERPANTS HE THEN POINTED THE
KNIFE AT HER AND SAID: ‘I’VE BEEN IMPOTENT SINCE A CAR ACCIDENT’
SHE WAS TOLD TO GET DRESSED AND ASKED HER TO KEEP SECRET WHAT
HE HAD DONE.
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THEN THE TELEPHONE RANG AND WELLS TOLD HER THAT IT WAS WAYNE
SLEEP AND HE HAD INVITED THEM TO DINNER AT LANGAN’S BRASSERIE WITH
SOME OTHER DANCERS.
THE COURT HEARD THAT WELLS SPOTTED THE YOUNG AUSTRALIAN
DANCER, WHO HAD MADE A SERIES OF POP VIDEOS, WHILE SHE TRAINED
AT COVENT GARDEN’S PINEAPPLE STUDIO.
SHE HAD COME TO ENGLAND TO ADVANCE HER CAREER IN SEPT LAST
YEAR, SAID MISS MALLALIEU.
WELLS SEEMED THE ANSWER TO HER DREAM OF BECOMING A TOP
DANCER.
HE OFFERED HER A PLACE IN HIS DANCE TROUPE AND SHE
ACCEPTED AFTER LEARNING OF HIS ‘HIGH REPUTATION,’ SAID COUNSEL.
‘SHE TRUSTED HIM AND REGARDED HIM AS A FATHER FIGURE.
BUT SHE
FOUND HIM VERY FORCEFUL AND WAS FRIGHTENED OF HIM,’ CONTD.
MISS
MALLALIEU.
GRADUALLY HE BECAME MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN HER
AND ‘TRIED TO RUN HER WHOLE LIFE.
‘ SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY
SOCIAL LIFE OUTSIDE THE DANCE GROUP.
‘HE WOULD EVEN RING HER TO FIND OUT WHAT TIME SHE WOULD GO TO
BED.
IF SHE MADE A FUSS HE SAID HE WOULD MAKE SURE SHE WOULD NEVER
GET ANY GOOD PARTS AGAIN,’ COUNSEL WENT ON.
THE COURT HEARD THAT WELLS MADE MANY PASSES AT HER BUT SHE
ALWAYS SPURNED HIS ADVANCES.
FINALLY HIS INTERFERNCE IN HER LIFE
BECAME TO MUCH AND THEY FELL OUT.
IT WAS THEN THAT WELLS WELLS INVITED HER TO HIS FLAT AT
GLOUCESTER PLACE, BAYSWATER, TO ‘TALK THINGS OVER’.
TRIAL CONTINUES
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