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News: Latest - distributed around Yorkshire March 28, 2017 12:36:43 PM
A 25-year-old man has begun a 12-year sentence behind bars for breaking into a house and raping a woman.
Ricky Lee Swift, of Town Street, Canklow, Rotherham, was jailed for one count of rape and one count of sexual assault on Friday 24 March at Sheffield Crown Court for 12-years, following a four-day trial.
The court heard how Swift broke into the victim’s house, in Rotherham, on the evening of Saturday 3 September 3 last year, while she was asleep in bed. Swift then attacked the victim, raping her in her own bed.
T/Detective Inspector Richard Wallis, from the Force’s Protecting Vulnerable People Unit, said: “The victim in this case was subjected to a terrible ordeal whilst in her own home, a place she rightly considered to be safe and secure.
“Swift deliberately targeted the victim, entering her home as a trespasser and going on to carry-out an atrocious act whilst she lay in bed.
“I am overwhelmed by the bravery and resilience shown by the victim throughout the investigation and during the trial. She is a true inspiration to victims of sexual crime and I’m pleased that Swift is behind bars where he belongs for what he did to her.”
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