A 60-year-old grandad from Luton who raped a drunken underage girl at a party was on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, jailed for eight years.
Trevor Smith plied the 14-year-old girl, who had been drinking white wine and lemonade, with vodka and Jagermeister.
At Luton Crown Court, prosecutor David Povall said girl went to a bedroom because she was feeling drunk, but Smith appeared and encouraged her to return to the party.
Mr Povall said: “He pressed against her and rubbed her leg. She felt very uncomfortable. His hand moved up her leg. His behaviour was flirtatious.”
She returned to the party where Smith poured her another vodka, which she exchanged for water before she went back to the bedroom.
Smith reappeared in the room, said the prosecutor, and pretended to express concern. He tried to coax her back to the party.
He said: “He became predatory and violent. He told her to stand up and face him. He held her by her shoulders and told her to bend over.”
He raped the victim from behind before grabbing her head and subjecting to her a sordid and degrading sexual act.
The teenager used social media to tell friends she had been raped before reporting it to a member of her family.
In a phone call later that day to his son, Smith confessed, saying: “She isn’t lying.”
Smith, a carpenter and kitchen fitter, of Cutenhoe Road, Luton, appeared for sentence having pleaded guilty to the rape and sexual assault of the girl on the night of December 21, 2020.
Defending, Kevin Molloy said: “He is a 60-year-old man of positive good character with 14 grandchildren. He is a devoted family man. There is no excuse for something that was wholly uncharacteristic.
“The defendant made an immediate admission to his son and the police heard that.
“He is totally to blame and she is blameless. He has a real sense of shame and embarrassment and is genuinely remorseful.”
Recorder Patrick Fields told him: “This event has had a devastating effect on the victim. Her life has been derailed by your violations of her.”
Smith must abide by the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and register as a sex offender for life. He must serve two-thirds of the eight year sentence before he can be considered for parole.
The judge told the victim, who was in court for the hearing, that he hoped she would now be able to move on in her life.
