Leeds Crown Court Hears of Rape Victim's Horrific Ordea1
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" • 1 4th March 1994 Defendant denies series of sexual assaults on Leeds students Leeds Crown Court hears of Rape victim's horrific ordea1 eeds Crown Court heard this were making their way home after The man put his arm round her shouting at him to get off me." week how a hooded rapist nights out with friends at pubs or By Richard Fletcher Ihroat and pushed her to the She said the man ran off when I4 attacked live female students clubs. ground. He put a big black padded two boys approached with a dog. during a reign of terror in the There could be little more Lane at about midnight when a man glove on his hand and put over Mr Paul Worsley, QC. Woodhouse area of Leeds. terrifying experience for young grabbed her from behind, put his her throat and mouth. She led to prosecuting. - who believes that David Martin Jackson. 28, of women walking home alone than to hands over her mouth and pulled bite his fingers but only r the Jackson carried out the attacks - Neville View, Osmontithorpe, Leeds, be attacked and sexually assaulted her to the ground. The man who material. He then turned E on to claims that Jackson was trapped by a denies one charge of rape, three by a hooded stranger. he told the wore gloves and a balaclava forced her stomach and kept his hand over letter he sent to the police in January, charges of indecent assault, two of court. her on to her hack and knelt astride her mouth. last year, signed "Jack the Stripper". attempted indecent assault, and four A former Leeds University her The woman told the court: "If Mr Worsley told the court that of assault occasioning actual bodily student wept as she described to the The woman told the court: "I thought 1 was going to die. f could on January 4th last year a 16 year harm. jury how she was attacked in June struggled with him for quite a while. not really breathe. He told me to old girl reported that she had been Mr Paul Worsley QC, 1991 after celebrating with friends 1 couldn't breathe. I thought I. was stop struggling or he would kill raped on the evening of January. prosecuting, told the jury of seven the end of her final exams and her going to pass out. Fie said 'you do me." She said that the num punched 2nd whilst walking across men and five women that the last night in Leeds. what I want or I'll hurt you or kill her two or three times. Woodhouse Moor. attacks took place when the students She was walking along Woodhouse you'." He dragged her towards trees The report of the alleged attack The man then pulled out a and committed indecent acts against received much publicity but there penknife with the blade opened and her. The man then walked off and were marked differences between ran it across the woman's arm and she ran towards the main road this and the earlier attacks. The girl blouse. The woman then told how where a couple helped her. later confessed that there had never the man forced her to perform a sex The jury also heard how another been such an attack. act with him. victim pictured her own funeral as a Mr Worsley claims that it In her desperation to escape the hooded attacker prepared to rape prompted a swift response from woman sprained her ankle: "I felt I her. She told the jury that she did David Martin Jackson in the form had been kicked from head to toe." not struggle because she thought the of a letter to the police. she said. She had cuts on her hands man was going to kill her. She said: He claimed that Jackson did not and bruises on her legs, hips and "1 just pictured mum and dad going like the idea of someone else carrying forehead. to my funeral. Since the attack out attacks in this area, or being Throughout her evidence David have developed a nervous disorder, blamed for a rape for which he was Martin Jackson listened showing no I can't walk in the streets any more not responsible. and in reponse to the emotion. someone has to come with me," she publicity wrote to the Detective Another Leeds University student said. leading the investigation. told the court that she had had to The court also heard evidence The letter contained details of the take a year off her studies after from another woman who fought attacks which had not been made being attacked on the night of back. She told the jury: "I thought public by the police. They sent the March 19th 1992. The woman had I'm not having any of this," and she letter for detailed forensic examination been walking along Woodhouse grabbed the man's testicles. and David Martin Jackson was Lane towards Hyde Park when she "I had long nails then. He just arrested shortly afterwards. Scene of tne horrific attack Plc: Sam Greenhill became aware of a man behind her. froze and didn't say anything. I was • The case continues 4-1 Woodhouse Moor rapist mocked police with letter. See page 51, News Designer Amnesty Action success • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • An Auton Campaign' is being Rag parade flop A former student planned for next week by the Amnesty of Leeds International Student group at Leeds deterred many from turning ast weeke.id's Rag University has Metropolitan University Students Union, By Paul Greenough Carnival has been up. won a Times- writes. Paul Greenough slammed for failing to Green said that he was very Higher L happy with the outcome of the There will be a stand in the Students Union live up to expectations. Radio Aire Roadshow. Educational :it LMU's City Site campus on Monday 7th Flit organiser of the However the parade was carnival, believing it to be a Supplement prize DIGEST greater success than last year's March. followed by a meeting al the Beckett I carnival was last year's Rag described as "a hit small" by for the most Park site on Wednesday 9th. one unimpressed local shopper. event which had raised £2.000 Sabbatical Officer, Simon effectively The aim of the campaign is to encourage "They even had a milk float as and involved even fewer floats. 2,3,4,5 Green. who has been working expressed entry students to write letters to the embassies and NEWS one of their cars." he Plans are being made to on the parade for the last two to the Design governments of the countries involved in COMMENT ..... 6,7 complained. make the carnival bigger next months at a cost of around Council human rights outrages. £1,000 to the Union. The carnival managed to year. Buchanan said: ARTS 8,9 "Although enthusiasm has Engineering Esther Moore. Chair of the group at The carnival comprised only raise about £3.0(HI on the day, writes dwindled recently, we are Awards, LMUSU. says that the campaign is aimed MUSIC 10,11 about ten floats from various with another f.500 expected by Megan Curtis. this weekend. working on increasing the especially at those students who cannot local and student organisations. Leeds' CLASS/JAZZ .... 12 But this may have been attention that the Rag carnival make it to the regular meetings of Amnesty. LUU's Action had two floats in Roundhay Park BOOKS 13 higher had the turn-out of is given." "All it takes is about 15 minutes a month to the carnival. and others from inspired graduate collectors been better. Graham Simon Green will have to do something that could save a life," she FOCUS 14,15 the Imperial Cancer Research Mark Little to Fund, Wheatfields Hospice and Buchanan of Rag admitted that present a report discussing the said. design a leisure CULTURE 16 St Anne's Shelter were present. more collectors were needed problems experienced by the The speaker at Wednesday's meeting will be complex with 1Iso there on the day was the but the had weather had carnival this sear. Linda Waterwonh. the Leeds co-ordinator of THE GUIDE .. 17-23 arena and Amnesty's 'Urgent Action Scheme'. The CLASSIFIEDS 24 swimming pool meeting will he held at 7pm in the Grey Tibetan troubles highlighted facilities. Room at Beckett Park. TRAVEL 25 The judges For more information contact Niyi Akeju, SPORT ... 26, 27, 28 praised Little. Room 45, Bronze Hall. Beckett Park on describing him as By Alm) Watkins 1 eeds 756844. having "mastered POLICY the complexities The story continues... T eeds Tibet Week starts on of designing a L./Monday with events taking • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • building while Elliot Reuben, Leeds University Union Lea.. .Ntuderit is an independent p lace in Leeds University using Union and across the city. Financial Affairs Secretary, has decided newspaper serving students at considerable nut to resign from his Exec position after Leeds University, Leeds The cvents, which will run imagination." tom Thursday 10th to receiving several letters of support from Metropolitan University and students, writes Helen Crossley. other colleges in and around Wednesday 16th March. are Last week's Leeds Student reported Leeds. AU our journalists abide h eing organised by the LUU Gender Reuben's doubts over continuing in his by a code of conduct, but if you Tibet Support Group to raise Bender? have any complaints please awareness of the atrocities post. following the OGM decision to ban contact the Editor. carried out in the country since The Sun from the Union.