Jersey man who raped teen two decades ago jailed for 12 years

Описание: A Jersey man who raped a teenager more than two decades ago was jailed for 12 years.

Simon De La Haye, 54, was sentenced at Jersey's Royal Court but refused to attend his sentencing either in person or via video link.

In his ruling, Bailiff Robert MacRae also handed De La Haye a lifetime restraining order and placed him on the sex offenders list for 20 years.

De La Haye was in a short relationship with his victim, who cannot be identified, in 2002 while she was a teenager and he was in his 30s.

In the same year, around 5 November, the defendant raped the victim. This resulted in her falling pregnant but then miscarrying the baby.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, she said: "I was silenced, and I was too scared to speak out and stop it.

"I have struggled to come to terms with what has happened to me [...] I still have the image of that terrifying and dangerous man, and I truly believe he will come back at any moment."

The victim also told the court that she was in constant fear that someone was lurking in her house and had to sleep with the television on to drown out outside noise.

In 2023, the victim came forward to tell the States of Jersey Police what had happened to her.

De La Haye maintained he was innocent, but following a trial a jury unanimously found him guilty after only a couple of hours of deliberation.

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