A 21-year-old lady put up a courageous show when she fought off 35-year-old Jonathan Holmes who had attempted to rape her. Holmes was captured on CCTV tracking and following lone women in city center, unfortunately for Holmes, his victim was a woman who is ready to fight. Holmes had followed his victim for over a mile before he pounced on her and dragged her to her a nearby bush, climbed on her, then forces his tongue into her mouth, his victim reportedly hit him severally in his stomach, bit his tongue, used her keys as a weapon against him and left Holmes so battered he could be confused for a Frankenstein monster.
She told a judge: “I believed without a doubt he was going to rape me.
“My life would have been over, he might as well have killed me right there.
“I was so terrified but so angry.”
Amy Earnshaw, defending Holmes, said the attack was “completely out of character” and added “he can’t say why he acted as he did.”
Sentencing him Judge Sarah Wright said she had “no doubt whatsoever” he had deliberately targeted the young woman and added his victim had “fought back with considerable bravery and courage”.
Holmes fled the crime scene but was later tracked down by the police, he was sentenced to four and a half Year in prison by Judge, Sarah Wright following his victim impact statement.
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