A 23-year-old man wore a kippah in court as he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly raping two young brothers. Jeremy Roberts was also found guilty of 52 counts of possessing indecent photographs of children. On release from prison, Roberts will also have stringent controls placed on him in perpetuity for any contact with children under 16-years-old.
Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Child Rape
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A 23-year-old man wore a kippah in Wood Green Crown Court in London as he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly raping two young brothers. Jeremy Roberts was also found guilty of 52 counts of possessing indecent photographs of children, the Jewish Chronicle reported. On release from prison, Roberts will also have stringent controls placed on him in perpetuity for any contact with children under 16-years-old.
Roberts pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape of the two brothers which took place over and eight year time period.
Roberts was discovered when the younger brother told his school rabbinical counsellor he had been offered money to perform a sexual act on a man.
When police asked the elder of the two brothers why he allowed the abuse to continue, the boy reportedly replied, “Emotional force, blackmail, physical force.”
Roberts’ attorney said that when Roberts was 13-years-old he was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit where he was subjected to sexual violence. Roberts also suffers from ADHD, depression and spina bifida, and he had bariatric surgery to deal with weight problems at a young age.
A toxicologist report submitted to the court reportedly suggested that his medication, including “repeated dosing with amphetamines” could have lead to an increased sex drive combined with a lack of rational judgment with regard to a small number of the offenses.
Roberts wife attended the trial and “strongly support[ed]” her husband’s admission of guilt, even though that admission means that they will now now not have children.
When handing Roberts’ sentence the judge spoke of the “devastating mark” Roberts’ left on boys he abused and on their family.
“In the pursuit of your own sexual pleasure you have ruined many, many, many, many lives,” the judge said.
[Hat Tip: Darth Zeidah.]