Teen boy raped married mum on busy city road as she walked home from night at pub
dailyrecord.co.ukA 16-year-old boy has been jailed after he raped a woman as she walked home from a pub at night- on a busy city road. The teenager followed the married mother along the street before overtaking her and then hiding by a grass verge in order to attack her.
The boy - who cannot be named due to his age - later claimed the woman had "smiled" at him and that the pair had kissed and had sex in a ditch next to the main road in Cardiff.James Hartson, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court that the victim of the attack, a married mum, had spent a night in June this year at a pub in Cardiff with family and friends before walking home.
He said the woman was "obviously intoxicated" and was unsteady on her feet.The court heard that as the woman walked along the busy North Road which runs to and from Cardiff city centre, she passed the defendant who was walking in the opposite direction.
After they passed, the teenager stopped, turned around, and began to follow her, reports Wales Online.Mr Hartson, prosecuting, said: "After they passed each other, the defendant changed direction and began to walk behind the victim, now in the same direction as her.
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