Boy, 15, raped his mother

thisislondon.co.uk ^ | 1/21/04 | David Harding

[CoolGuyVic]

Boy, 15, raped his mother

By David Harding, Metro

21 January 2004

A boy of 15 made legal history yesterday by becoming the first teenager to appear in court charged with raping his mother.

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted the attack on his 36-year-old parent.

She sat weeping feet from her son when he was brought into court.

The assault took place when the boy returned home to Swansea for a weekend visit from local authority care in Cornwall.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall said he could find no record of such a crime in legal history.

'This is without apparent or recent precedent,' he said.

The judge told the jury, which was sworn in for a trial when the youth changed his plea: 'This is a case of a young boy raping his mother.

'She no doubt finds this as stressful and bizarre as anyone else.'

The judge said he wanted every step taken to find an explanation. ' Psychiatrists, social workers and probation officers must resolve how to help.

'I am anxious to get to the root cause of this. Was it an episode with a background confined to the domestic circumstances or does this bode ill for the future?'

James Jenkins, prosecuting, said he wanted to make it clear that the mother did not complain because she wanted to see her son locked up.

'She is not interested in punishment. She is most anxious her son receives the best possible assistance,' he added.

The teenager's barrister, John Hipkin, told Swansea Crown Court it was one of the 'most difficult, sensitive and ultimately saddest cases that could be imagined'.

The boy will remain in care until he is sentenced next month after the judge considers expert reports.

[xm177e2]

Usually they just murder their mother (with a sharp implement, like a knife--matricides favor piercing weapons)...

[KantianBurke]

The judge said he wanted every step taken to find an explanation. ' Psychiatrists, social workers and probation officers must resolve how to help.

'I am anxious to get to the root cause of this. Was it an episode with a background confined to the domestic circumstances or does this bode ill for the future?'

James Jenkins, prosecuting, said he wanted to make it clear that the mother did not complain because she wanted to see her son locked up.

'She is not interested in punishment. She is most anxious her son receives the best possible assistance,' he added.

The teenager's barrister, John Hipkin, told Swansea Crown Court it was one of the 'most difficult, sensitive and ultimately saddest cases that could be imagined'.

Wow! A society that thinks like this is producing rapists who turn on their mothers?! I'm shocked I tell you! SICK SICK SICK!

[TheBattman]

Yep, take a look at the circumstances of this case. The kid was home on a weekend VISIT from "authority care". I bet we can all guess what that means.....

I think this little OEDIPUS freak needs to be treated like any rapist is SUPPOSE to be treated in our system.

[annyokie]

Doesn't the judge mean "eager" or is s/he a nervous type?

[AuH2ORepublican]

Remind me again why the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was cruel and unusual punishment to impose the death penalty on rapists. An animal like this deserves to die.

[JoeGar]

Weird. Most folks find it hard to believe that their parents are capable of sex.

[vetvetdoug]

Ole Madonna and Gweneth may have a reason for staying in safer old merry England.

[mhking]

charged with raping his mother.

Oedipus sleeps soundly tonight.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Spok]

It's too bad she didn't have a gun-I believe there's a legal precedent established 'in re Taras Bulba'...

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Wow! A society that thinks like this is producing rapists who turn on their mothers?! I'm shocked I tell you! SICK SICK SICK!

And "our" Supreme court wants to bring justice like this to the USA??

[Doe Eyes]

Remind me again why the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was cruel and unusual punishment to impose the death penalty on rapists. An animal like this deserves to die.

This has nothing to do with the Supreme Court, but if you make the punishment for rape equal to the punishment for murder, rapists would be better off killing their victims and eliminating the potential witness.

[neutrino]

Well, I suppose I should compliment you on your post - you've made my view of the human race take another substantial move downward. I wouldn't have thought it possible.

[xJones]

Was it an episode with a background confined to the domestic circumstances or does this bode ill for the future?'

Is this guy serious? Any 15 year-old boy that rapes his mother is clearly destined for even worse crimes.

[colorado tanker]

Hmmm. I wonder if this kid has been surfing the internet. There's some pretty sick stuff out there, including incest sites.

[Mr. Mojo]

The judge said he wanted every step taken to find an explanation. 'I am anxious to get to the root cause of this'.

Explanation? Root cause? He's freakin' evil, that's the 'root cause'.

[tubavil]

Wait nine months when 'father and daughter' move to SF and appear on Springer.

[BadAndy]

"Hmmm. I wonder if this kid has been surfing the internet. There's some pretty sick stuff out there..."

Probably a frequent contributer to the Democratic Underground site.

[Seruzawa]

The judge said he wanted every step taken to find an explanation. ' Psychiatrists, social workers and probation officers must resolve how to help.

Now that's called asking the foxes to discover who killed the chickns.