nick
February 4th, 2010, 07:14 AM
A teenager who kidnapped an elderly woman from her care home and raped her while on bail has been jailed indefinitely.
Dale Boocock, 19, was on bail for burglary and high on drink and drugs when he entered Springfield care home in Bradford, West Yorks, and dragged the 86-year-old out of her bed.
The pensioner, who was bed-bound and suffered from dementia and incontinence, was left bruised and bloodied after the attack last September, Bradford Crown Court heard.
The victim died two months later, although doctors said her ordeal did not cause her death.
Boocock, of no fixed address, was given an indeterminate prison sentence for public protection with a minimum term of four years and nine months.
It emerged that Boocock had carried out a number of burglaries, including one following the care home sex attack.
In the early hours of September 15 last year, Boocock went to the care home, entered a ground-floor flat and dragged the victim out of her bed, across flagstones and into the garden where he raped her.
His victim was discovered lying on the ground in a distressed state and shaking. While she was being treated at Bradford Royal Infirmary she told medics ''What have I done wrong? Go beat him for me.''
The teenager was arrested later that day during a stop-check by police officers who had received a report of a burglary. A DNA sample was taken and a match made with the rape.
Recorder Colin Burn said it was likely he would stay in prison longer than the minimum term imposed today. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register.
Full story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7150234/Teenager-dragged-pensioner-from-care-home-bed-and-raped-her.html)
Dale Boocock, 19, was on bail for burglary and high on drink and drugs when he entered Springfield care home in Bradford, West Yorks, and dragged the 86-year-old out of her bed.
The pensioner, who was bed-bound and suffered from dementia and incontinence, was left bruised and bloodied after the attack last September, Bradford Crown Court heard.
The victim died two months later, although doctors said her ordeal did not cause her death.
Boocock, of no fixed address, was given an indeterminate prison sentence for public protection with a minimum term of four years and nine months.
It emerged that Boocock had carried out a number of burglaries, including one following the care home sex attack.
In the early hours of September 15 last year, Boocock went to the care home, entered a ground-floor flat and dragged the victim out of her bed, across flagstones and into the garden where he raped her.
His victim was discovered lying on the ground in a distressed state and shaking. While she was being treated at Bradford Royal Infirmary she told medics ''What have I done wrong? Go beat him for me.''
The teenager was arrested later that day during a stop-check by police officers who had received a report of a burglary. A DNA sample was taken and a match made with the rape.
Recorder Colin Burn said it was likely he would stay in prison longer than the minimum term imposed today. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register.
Full story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7150234/Teenager-dragged-pensioner-from-care-home-bed-and-raped-her.html)