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A MAN who tried to rape a 99-year-old great-grandmother after tricking his way into her home blamed "a bad trip" on drugs for the shocking attack. Christopher Valle, 24, claimed he was hallucinating "and hearing voices and stuff" when he threatened, sexually assaulted and terrorised the frail victim and robbed her of $70. "I didn't know (the victim) was that age," Valle told the County Court pre-sentence hearing yesterday. "I felt my brain was absolutely frying. I have no memory of actually doing it." Judge Roy Punshon heard the widow would turn 100 on Saturday, but a shadow had been cast on celebrations. Prosecutor Ray Gibson said the attack was aggravated by the age of the victim and the fact she was attacked in her own home. "Any right-thinking member of the community would be aghast," Mr Gibson said. He argued there should be a minimum non-parole jail term of seven to nine years. Valle, a Queenslander, had been in Melbourne for only a few days after finding a job as a track rider at a horse racing stables. On the night before the attack he had drunk 12-18 stubbies. He said a workmate gave him a tablet, which he thought was ecstasy but he now believed was LSD, and the combination made him feel "invincible". But the court heard he wasn't a novice drug user, and had given conflicting accounts of his drug-taking. Valle pleaded guilty to attempted rape, recklessly causing injury, aggravated burglary and theft, and two charges of indecent assault. Defence lawyer Wendy Duncan said Valle had apologised to the victim and her family. Valle will face sentencing on June 3. Herald Sun 24-5-2011 Norrie Ross http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/man-blames-acid-trip-for-attempted-rape-of-99-year-old-grandmother/story-fn7x8me2-1226061956340 |
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A MAN who bashed and attempted to rape a 99-year-old widow after tricking his way into her home has destroyed her way of life, a court heard today. In a victim impact statement read to the County Court the great-grandmother said she had changed from being an active and independent woman to being jumpy and frightened in her own home. She said she changed all the locks on the doors in her home, no longer goes on long walks or potters around in her garden and any stories of violence in the news upsets her. "I can still feel his hands round my neck," she said in her statement. Prosecutor Ray Gibson said Christopher Valle, 24, threatened, assaulted and terrorised the victim over an extended period, threw her on a bed and sexually assaulted her and attempted to rape her. Mr Gibson said that after stealing $70 and a bank card Valle left the home and the victim was found by a daughter standing in pouring rain in her underwear in her backyard after she activated an emergency call pendant. The victim suffered multiple bruises and cuts on her face, body arms and legs and had to be treated in hospital. "I am still asking why he did it. He seemed like such a nice young man," she said in her statement. Valle, who is a Queenslander, today pleaded guilty to attempted rape, recklessly causing injury, aggravated burglary and theft and two charges of indecent assault. Valle had only been in Melbourne a few days after coming south to find a job. The offences occurred on September 4 last year and Valle was arrested in the Brisbane suburb of Keperra two weeks later and extradited to Victoria. Opening the prosecution case Mr Gibson said the woman was in the shower of her home in Melbourne's southern suburbs when she heard the door bell ring a number of times. The victim thought it was her daughter and when she went to the door Valle told her he had found her keys in the street. Mr Gibson said when she turned to go back into her house he followed her in a refused to leave and she noticed he had her bank card in his hand. Valle walked the victim through the house and pushed her on to a bed where the sexual attacks took place. Mr Gibson said she told him she was nearly 100 years old and to "get a young girl". A defence lawyer told the court her client realised he had done a horrible thing and told a psychologist, "I still see that poor woman's face". The lawyer said Valle had shown remorse which indicated "he is still a man of conscience'' and she said the sexual offending was "situational" with her client taking advantage of the victim. The hearing before Judge Roy Punshon is continuing. Herald Sun (28-4-2011) Norrie Ross http://www.news.com.au/national/woman-99-still-haunted-by-attempted-rape-court-hears/story-e6frfkvr-1226046266580#ixzz1KnIHdA4p |
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