Body-building rapist jailed for eight years (From Thisisdorset)
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Reuben Warren jailed for eight years for raping woman in Ferndown on New Year's Day
9:00am Friday 7th September 2012 in Latest By Steven Smith
Reuben Warren
A RAPIST who subjected his victim to “repeated violence” in a supermarket car park has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
A jury of six men and six women yesterday found 27-year-old Reuben Warren, of Surrey Road, Bournemouth, guilty of rape and sexual assault in the Tesco car park in Ferndown. He earlier pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm.
Warren swore under his breath and repeatedly shook his head following the verdict.
During the trial Bournemouth Crown Court was told that his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was violently raped in the car park in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
Jurors were told that Warren, a 19-stone bodybuilder, and his victim had met at a local pub before he drove them both to Tesco in his van to get some cigarettes.
Prosecutor David Richards said that Warren wanted sex, which the woman thought was a joke. At that point he attacked her, he said, dragging her to the door of the van before forcing her inside, striking blows on her head and face.
Blood found on the van and Warren’s clothes matched the woman’s DNA.
In Warren’s defence, Isabelle Gillard said the sex had been consensual and he “lost self-control” afterwards when he realised he had cheated on his girlfriend – it was then that he slapped her, before apologising.
But the jury did not believe Warren’s account and, passing sentence, His Honour Judge John Harrow told him: “She got into your van and, in these circumstances, she was entitled to trust you.
“It may be that earlier there had been some banter and flirting between you that seemed to be fairly harmless and amicable.”
But he had “other designs upon her”, said the judge.
“You forced yourself upon her, using repeated violence towards her, causing her substantial injuries,” he added.
Warren was sentenced to eight years for one count of rape, two years for sexual assault and 12 months for assault causing actual bodily harm, to run concurrently.
Comments(29)
pete woodley
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7:55pm Thu 6 Sep 12
contric
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8:04pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Hobad1
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8:22pm Thu 6 Sep 12
pete woodley wrote:For once Pete, i agree with you. Tho 20 years would be better.
At last a proper sentence.
pete woodley
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8:57pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Vikki27
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9:01pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Huey wrote:I'm all for this.
chop it off
Frankly, it should be a privilege issue. If you use it for horrific purposes, you shouldn't get to keep it. So there!
Azphreal
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9:11pm Thu 6 Sep 12
cherries189
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10:17pm Thu 6 Sep 12
ASM
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12:21am Fri 7 Sep 12
Cherry Bear
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8:35am Fri 7 Sep 12
pete woodley wrote:proper sentance??!! he will be out in 4 years max.
At last a proper sentence.
juliestratton
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9:58am Fri 7 Sep 12
moorsman70
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9:59am Fri 7 Sep 12
mags4dorset
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10:21am Fri 7 Sep 12
9:58am Fri 7 Sep 12
Reuben u make me sick, to think you went out with my dauther, and what u dont to that poor girl is unreal. In my eyes you should of got life i hope you rot" for what you done.
Here Here!!
Kiki1973
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10:39am Fri 7 Sep 12
8:57pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Trouble is if it was made 20 years or more then some of the idiots would murder instead of just rape,and stand a better chance of getting away with it.Think about it.”
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Sorry, did you say 'instead of *just rape*'? Are you kidding me? Rape is not a lesser crime, it's a different crime. Fool.
paul.p
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10:45am Fri 7 Sep 12
Adrian XX
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11:23am Fri 7 Sep 12
Rape is not a lesser crime, it's a different crime.
That's not true. Rape is certainly a lesser crime since the person raped CAN eventually recover whereas you cannot recover from being murdered.
Nearly all jurisdictions in the world recognise this since there is a lesser sentence for rape in most of them.
Adrian XX
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11:26am Fri 7 Sep 12
Perhaps comments should be moderated according to some simple rules.
downmoor-ch63
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11:54am Fri 7 Sep 12
Old before my time
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11:57am Fri 7 Sep 12
juliestratton
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1:48pm Fri 7 Sep 12
Soton25
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2:26pm Fri 7 Sep 12
juliestratton wrote:Couldnt agree more Julie! x
i dont care what u think about my english at the end of the day ive got a right to have my say.. he should of got life and i hope he rots in there!!!!
TheJudd3rMan
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3:29pm Fri 7 Sep 12
kaykay87
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4:47pm Fri 7 Sep 12
Soton25
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4:54pm Fri 7 Sep 12
kaykay87 wrote:He probably done this to try and get in your pants!
wow! now dont get me wrong im not disputing that he done this but i find it crazy! he was nothing but a gentleman with me (even to the point he carried me up the stairs to my flat after i got out of the hospital on crutches) where did he go so wrong!!
Thats Reuben all over, ive known him a long time, and im absolutley sickened by this.. he always made himself out to be a good hard working fella who steered clear of trouble and violence and then he does this!
Sick Sick man!
Definatly deserves longer! hopefully he wont ever return to dorset, not that he would be welcome
kaykay87
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8:35pm Fri 7 Sep 12
i have no doubt that was the plan but once i made it clear i wasnt interested then it never changed the way he was towards me. granted as soon as i moved out of ferndown i never saw or spoke to him again but as u said he always made out he was a decent upstanding member of the community!! how could the reality b so different!! its actually kinda scary!!
TheJudd3rMan
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8:46pm Fri 7 Sep 12
Soton25
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9:09pm Fri 7 Sep 12
kaykay87 wrote:Completly agree with u there . Bet your glad ur outta there away from that !!
soton25
i have no doubt that was the plan but once i made it clear i wasnt interested then it never changed the way he was towards me. granted as soon as i moved out of ferndown i never saw or spoke to him again but as u said he always made out he was a decent upstanding member of the community!! how could the reality b so different!! its actually kinda scary!!
It is a scary feelin I agree , sick wrong and disgusting !!
Can't believe myself I wasted time with this freak !
Benny Dorm
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9:31pm Fri 7 Sep 12
it's like the people who say legalise drugs and all of society's ills will disappear overnight.
i do agree on the chemical castration thing though. and for peados too.
hamworthygirl
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10:05pm Fri 7 Sep 12
kaykay87 wrote:He may have been a gentleman to you and maybe you were lucky. My friends daughter was engaged to a lovely man, so we thought, the wedding was called off luckily as he now in prison for murdering a girl, a lucky escape for her and maybe for you. Glad to see this man in prison and hope that he rots there to be honest.
wow! now dont get me wrong im not disputing that he done this but i find it crazy! he was nothing but a gentleman with me (even to the point he carried me up the stairs to my flat after i got out of the hospital on crutches) where did he go so wrong!!
Huey says...
7:36pm Thu 6 Sep 12