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" A man who raped a sleeping , -s-.-young woman at a house par- ■ - ty has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.' . ‘


;• selftosleepatnightoverwhat" ; ;.^thony Stinson had done. -


" ' The 21-year-old defendant, fqrmerlyofDerby Street,Clit-,


. heroe, had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to the rape,-


which took place at an address in the Clitheroe area last au-


: tumn. ■ The teenage girl had been


with others. Stinson Had turned up at the party some ■ time later.


Mr Nick Courtney (pros­


ecuting) said the teenager had later gone to sleep, fully


clothed, in thelivihgroomand woke to” realise Stinson was ^ on top” of her. She jumped up;*


, ,:toldthatthei7-year-oldvictim’' ■ ' felt humiliated and cried heri=


.'. / 'Preston Crown Court was .; V thematter was. The victim was


screamed and ran upstairs:' / , Her screams” woke anoth- v' cr female, but the defendant ; ;; claimed he didn’t know what:


'/•.foundinahystericalstateand 4 she immediately complained aboutwhathadhappened. ' S t in s o n denied .this'^ ar id


, . com p la in ed to a p o l ic e o f f ic e r


;; w h o w a s Called to th e s c en e . ; He was angry because of the


. invited to the house and had - been drinking and chatting


. aHegation being made against. . him, said the prosecution. He was arrested and inter­ viewed, but denied rape, in- c'S tead saying he was extremely - angry, at the allegation that*


f there had been sexual activity of any kind, added Mr Court­ ney.


.


: He told police that all the girls had been pretty drunk .when he arrived and that


.. they had carried on drinking " afterwards. He also claimed


-vthe young woman had been tj^wobbling everywhere"! and


V, had just fallen asleep omthe ^ floor.'


' ”- Asked i f he thought she;


: had made it up, he toldpolice:-f “I think she is a very stupid lit-i


: admitted raping her, but sug­ gested he couldn’t remember the incident properly.


; In a victim personal state-


. rhent, the teenager described ■ : feeling humiliated by what , hadhappened.Sheoftencries . herself to sleep at night.-;:. . : . Stinson had seven previous


offences on his record, though none for sex offences. •. Miss Judith McCullough


(defending) said he had been making constructive use of his time in prison since his


remand into custody. He had been trying to come to terms <


with what he had done and to understandhisposition. ■ The defendant made a very


; • fullandfi:ankadmissioninpo­ lice interview, said Miss Mc-


' ' tie i6-year-old to be honest"!. - ^ However, as the invest!- - ' gation continued he finally


.. _■


, Cullough, but it was a matter -■ of great regret and remorse , that he had prevaricated, per--


:: haps out of a degree ofpanic;-; 4 : Miss McCullough tpld the


s, court:-“He takes full respon-■ sibility for this offence. His guilty plea is absolute and, in my submission, is genuine.'


. “He doesn’t seek to mini- 1 mise his role. He doesn’t seek


- to blame the complainant in anyway, quite the opposite. At least_she didn’t have to


-rgive evidence and be cross- : examined in court. He simply


doesn’tknowwhyheactedfiie way he did.” ■ .


: Stinson had been on medi- ■


cationfor depression andhad a great deal of turmoil in his life at the time.


Miss McCullough added: “He is very sorry for what he


did. He has now had plenty of time to think aboizt'what he


did while in custody. His re-|


, morse is genuine and as such! i tw i l len su r eh ew i l ln o t r e tum l


, be fore the se cou r tsaga in.ThisI


o f fen cew a sw hoU youto fcha r- l acter for him. i t has b een hisf


; ' ' Passing sentence, Judgel /. Stuart: Baker told Stinson! - that he had decided to takef


, advantage of the young wom-|


an while she was asleep. The) consequences for her were} attributable to the defendant!


- succumbing to what was his I


• “urge and temptation” to take! advantage of a young woman!


he knew was not in a position |


to kn ow w h a t h e was doing un-1 til after he had started do do j it, and was not in a position to! protect herself from him. ! “A substantial term of|


imprisonment must be im-f posed”, added thejudge.


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I-.-: Stinson will also be placed I '


, on the sex offenders register! indefinitely.


...first term ofimprlsonment.” |


Motorists in the Ribble Valley are being warned to locktheir


vehiclesafteraspateofthefts from insecure cars and vans.


Recent figures have revealed that almost 70% of reported thefts fix>ni vehicles in the bor­ ough last year t: i8o offences


werefixjmthosethatwereleft unlocked. - Most pftty, thieves are op­ portunists who will take ad-


vantageofanyea^option,and stealing from an insecure ve­ hicle is one of the easiest. But' even i f you lock your vehicle, leaving valuables in plain sight inside is asking for trouble. .Coun. Kevin Horkin, chair­


man of the Ribble Valley Com­ munity Safety Partnership, said: “Of the reported thefts from cars and vans, nearly three-quarters were finm ve­ hicles that had been left un­ locked.' ■ “Thieves are targeting


unlocked vehicles to steal phones, sat-navs, tablet de­ vices and laptop computers. We have'also had reports of cars being entered to take- small change or sports bags, while thieves are also target­ ing vans to steal power tools or copper pipe.-


. ■ “Although thesefigures are


' relativelylow,locldngvehicles can go a long way in deterring opportunistic thieves and en­ suring that Ribble Valley re­ mains one o f the safest places


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it or lose it’ warning of thefts were from vehicles left insecure


. to live and work in the UK.” Senior Ribble Valley po­


lice officer Insp. Hassan Khan added: “TheRibbleValleydoes have low crime levels, but we


:Shouldallstillbetakingsensi-


. ble steps to protect our prop­ erty. - “We are asking motorists


to take a few seconds to make sure they lock their vehicles and to ensure they have not left a n t in g on view. “Residents who see any­


one trying car door handles or acting suspiciously around


carsorvansisaskedtocallggg straightaway.” '- ' M o to r is ts are- bein”^


warned that insurers might notpayoutforpropertystolen fixim an insecure vehicle.


Top tips to combat theft from vehicles:


• Keep loose change in a closed ashtray. A desperate thief will smash a side win­ dow worth £80 to steal smaU change • Handbags, leather jackets, wallets, laptops and shopping should never be left on view, but locked in the boot • Lock portable sat-navs in the boot and wipe any suction marks fixjm the windscreen • Keep the inside of the vehi­ cle tidy, as an untidy vehicle containing opened mail or plastic bags may attract the curiosity of a thief, • If there is nothing in the glove compartment, leave it opentpview • Remove the facia of your sound system i f it has one and use the PIN facility


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Act now to make sure you can vote in Euro election


RIBBLE Valley goes to the polls in European Parlia-- mentaiy Elections on Thurs­ day, May22nd.


. Thenoticeofpollandlist of candidates will be pub­ lished on Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council’s website by 4 pm tomorrow, Friday April 25th. Residents who want to vote must be registered


- as an elector by Wednes­ day May, 7th, which is also


■ the deadUhe for new postal^ vote applications or ’chang-.


es to existing proxy or postal votes.


second biggest democratic


.'■ exercise in the world, with more than 400 milhon p'eo-


' pie across Europe expected to cast a vote on May 22nd. The 751 MEPs will set the :


course of European policy- for the next five years and ' elect the leader of the Euro- - pean Union’s executive body, the European Commission. Voting is voluntary in


: most European Parliament i, member” states, including :


i the UK, but compulsory in Bel^um, Cyprus, Greece and


' New proxy.vote appli-:- cations must be made by, Wednesday May 14th; Emer­ gency proxy votes are avail- - able until 5 pm oh polling , day itself. European Parlia­ mentary Elections are the


. Luxembourg. - Anyonewhoisnotaregis- - : tered elector in Ribble Valley


■ or who has recently moved. ^ into the borough and would . - Uke to vote is asked to con-,: - tact the council’s elections'-' , team on 01200 414411.


Plans to build 28 new homes in Gisburn have oeen sub- mitted to planning chiefs.


Anoutline application, whichmeansforpermissionin principle, for the new homes on land off Mill T.anchag /


beensubmitted to members ofRibble Valley Borough Council.


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The applicant is Mr Guy Hindley, who owns and manages the 1,000-acre estate surrounding Gisburn- Gisbume' ' * ParkEstate.'-


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A boy was airlifted to hospital wnth wrist and arm uyu-^ ries after an incident at Castle Park, Clitheroe. Emergency services including the North West Air Ambu­ lance were called at 2-55 pm on B ank Holiday Monday. It is imderstood the boy fell off a rope swing while playing at the park. He was t^en to Royal BlackburnHospital. '


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Help rid the world


of old taboo A grandma from Clitheroe wants to set up a fundraising group in the Ribble Valley to support children accused o f . witchcraft. ..


• - . Sue Reddin (58), of Union


Street, Low Moor, is hoping to rally support for the char­ ity Stepping Stones Nigeria.: The small charity, based in


Lancaster, helps children who are accused of being “witch­ es” and suffer abuse and aban­ donment. - Sue, who has two grand­


children who are half Nigeri­ an, wants to raise-awareness about the issue and help the


. charity to raise much-needed funds.


: ■ . - ■ To raise funds to give a fu­


ture to hundreds ofvulnerable childrencurrentlylivinginthe NigerDelta,thecharityisstag- ing a 23-mile challenge - the PendleWitchesWalk-onSat- urday,June2ist. - ThewalkwillstartinSlaid-


burn and finish in Lancaster, where more than 400 years • ago, a group, later known as


thePendIeWitches,madethe • arduousjourney to, through - the Forest o f Rowland, to be tried and later hung for the crime ofwitchcraft.


' The walk will retrace their


footsteps, taking in the stun- , ning views of Pendle Hill, the Three Peaks and Morecambe Bay. Along the way those who. take part can also try to spot thetercetswaymarkerswhich allindividuaUybear the name ofoneofthe Pendle Witches. • • For more details about


Coun. Kevin Horkin, chairman of the Ribble Valley Community Safety Partnership, and Sgt Geoff Warburtbn, of Clitheroe Police. Inset, don’tleaveanopeninvitationtaanopportunisticthief. -


the walk, call Sue on oygGy 957536 or email suereddin® talktalk.neti For information


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