Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
A woman watching from the public gallery shouted “no” and shouted when John Stanley was sentenced to 11 years in prison, at least seven of which must be served behind bars. The 35-year-old tricked the 17-year-old into his car in 2018 and later forced her into his apartment before drowning her in bed. She could only escape after hitting him on the head and running from the floor
Stanley denied false imprisonment, but was convicted by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court earlier this year. Yesterday, at his sentencing hearing, the court learned how he persuaded the girl in his car in the early hours of October 3, 2018, along with a friend and an unidentified man with whom they had been talking.
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She told him she needed help to get home and she later told the police that she tried to help him despite feeling uncomfortable. However, when Stanley left the club, he quickly left the girl’s friend and the other man separately and then drove the girl to a flat.
She protested all the way, begged him to call her a taxi and told her she wanted to leave. He ignored her, dragging her by the head to the floor and locking them both inside.
After she refused a sexual breakthrough, he hooked her to bed and drowned her until he used a high heel to hit her. He then managed to find the keys to the apartment and escape.
Despite CCTV tests showing Stanley, the girl, her friend and the other man getting into their car denied that they had met her that night. Although the girl was initially unable to tell police who attacked her officers, officers tracked the car’s record to Stanley and later confirmed her identity as the man who attacked her.
Jurors saw him and sentenced him to false imprisonment in May. Stanley later appeared to admit some of what had happened in interviews with the parole service, though not everything the girl said.
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, said the chronology of events described by the girl was the whole truth and criticized Stanley for “minimizing” what he had done even after he was found guilty. Referring to the evidence provided by the girl and the police, Judge Cummings said, “These are the real facts of the case, not the false and minimizing version you gave to the attendance report. It was a completely terrifying ordeal. for the victim “.
Judge Cummings said Stanley posed a threat to the public and sentenced him to an extended 11-year sentence. He must serve a minimum of seven years in pretrial detention before being eligible for parole. Two Stanley supporters watching from the public gallery were annoyed as the judge handed down his sentence. A woman immediately began to cry while a visibly angry man comforted her.
Judge Cummings temporarily suspended the sentence after the reaction. He said: “I know the tensions are rising, but I need to be able to continue sentencing without interruption.”
The couple then left the court, although the man later returned to hear the rest of Stanley’s conviction, which includes a restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim and a criminal conduct order. , which means he should notify the authorities of his conviction before looking for certain types. of employment.
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