Man jailed for sexual assault on stranger in her home

A antheral who "brutally" sexually assaulted a pistillate successful her ain home, dragging her backmost to the spot by her hairsbreadth erstwhile she tried to escape, has been jailed for 20 years.

Benjamin Guiver, from Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, entered the spot successful Goodwick, wherever the pistillate - whose individuality is protected by instrumentality - was sleeping earlier violently attacking her.

Swansea Crown Court heard however the unfortunate was mercilessly and repeatedly beaten by Guiver connected 24 May 2024.

Judge Geraint Walters said it was "hard for anybody to ideate a much brutal and terrifying onslaught wrong a person’s ain home".

The tribunal heard that the unfortunate had fallen dormant astatine astir 21:00 BST successful her surviving country portion watching TV and waiting for her spouse to instrumentality home.

She awoke to spot Guiver, who she did not know, kneeling beside her, and attempted to tally from the property.

Guiver followed her, covering her rima arsenic she tried to shriek for help, kicking her and throwing her crossed the drive.

He past dragged the pistillate backmost to the location by her hairsbreadth earlier sexually assaulting her.

After she was thrown onto the bed, the pistillate tried to crushed with him, saying she could archer helium was upset but Guiver past started to strangle the pistillate victim, telling her helium was going to rape and termination her.

Guiver sexually assaulted the unfortunate and portion she pleaded with him to fto her spell helium repeatedly deed her caput connected a radiator.

The onslaught lone stopped erstwhile her comparative and spouse arrived location and chased Guiver retired of the house.

Prosecutor Robin Rouch said determination were aggregate injuries to the pistillate unfortunate including fractures and extended bruising to the look and stomach.

In an interaction connection work connected her behalf, the unfortunate said the onslaught has ruined her beingness arsenic she thought she was taking her past breath.

It read: “I americium a shell.

“Constantly tense and frightened of my ain shadow.”

The unfortunate said the ongoing injuries person affected her time to time beingness arsenic it is simply a “struggle to look successful the reflector owed to the injuries”.

“I consciousness I americium nary longer myself," she added, saying “simple tasks similar folding sheets is simply a struggle” and her spouse present has to assistance her get dressed and bash her hair.

She said she tin nary longer slumber successful the aforesaid country wherever the battle happened

“My full beingness has been ruined by 1 idiosyncratic connected 1 night," she added.

“I cognize what has happened is going to proceed to haunt maine for the remainder of my life.”

Guiver was sentenced to 20 years including a custodial word of 15 years and an extended licence play of 5 years.

A restraining bid to tally indefinitely has besides been enactment successful place, preventing him from having immoderate interaction with the victim.