A BRUTAL TEENAGE SEX ATTACKER SUBJECTED A YOUNG MO

A BRUTAL TEENAGE SEX ATTACKER SUBJECTED A YOUNG MOTHER TO A

VICIOUS ORDEAL BECAUSE SHE GAVE AWAY HIS BELOVED PET DOG.

SAMUEL RODRIGUES, 17, TOOK TERRIBLE REVENGE ON THE WOMAN HE

BELIEVED HAD SOLD HIS JACK RUSSELL TERRIER, NAMED ROCKET, THE OLD

BAILEY HEARD ON WEDNESDAY.

HE BURST INTO THE COWERING WOMAN’S HOME, TIED HER AND HER

YEAR-OLD BABY SON UP WITH WIRE AND SEXUALLY ABUSED HER FOR TWO HOUS,

SAID MISS DAPHNE WICKHAM, PROSECUTING.

THE TERRIFIED WOMAN WAS TORMENTED AS HER BABY SCREAMED IN

HER ARMS.

RODRIGUES THREATENED TO BURN THE TOT’S FACE WITH A LIGHTED

CIGARETTE, DRAGGED THE MOTHER AROUND THE ROOM BY THE HAIR AND

INDECENTLY ASSAULTED HER WITH A SCREWDRIVER.

AND WHILE THE ATTACK WAS GOING ON, THREE OF THE TEENAGER’S

FRIENDS RANSACKED THE FLAT, THE COURT HEARD.

RODRIGUES, OF WARRINER GARDENS, BATTERSEA, PLEADED GUILTY TO

INDECENT ASSAULT AND BURGLARY ON OCTOBER 29 LAST YEAR.

HE WAS

REMANDED IN CUSTODY FOR REPORTS.

MISS WICKHAM SAID RODRIGUES HAD MET THE 19 YEAR OLD GIRL TWO

WEEKS EARLIER AT A PARTY – AND SHORTLY AFTER VISITED HER, ASKING HER

TO LOOK AFTER HIS DOG.

BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO COPE WITH ‘ROCKET’ AND

ASKED A FRIEND TO LOOK AFTER HIM.

BUT RODRIGUES HEARD HIS FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND HAD BEEN SOLD AND

IN A RAGE RACED BACK TO HER HOUSE HELLBENT ON VIOLENCE.

WHEN

ARRESTED HE TOLD DETECTIVES: ‘I JUST GOT ANGRY ABOUT MY DOG.

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RODRIGUES WILL BE SENTENCED ON DECEMBER 3.

ENDS