Anglesey,North Wales - Convicted rapist handed community order for historic sexual offence on Anglesey

Published date: 15 October 2015 | 

Published by: Court reporter
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A DANGEROUS convicted rapist  has been placed on a community order after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl on Anglesey when he was a teenager.

Defendant Jaswinder Grewal, aged 45, denied three counts of indecency on a child back in the mid 1980s.

Mold Crown Court was told today that at the time he had no previous convictions.

But since then, Mr Grewal had committed a number of serious offences, including the indecent assault of a woman he robbed in 1989 and an extremely serious incident in 1999 when he kidnapped a complete stranger and subjected her to hours of sexual abuse including repeated rape.

Prosecuting barrister Karl Scoltz told the court that the defendant had been returned to prison on another occasion when items including a rope, tape, a truncheon and other items had been found in his van which were suggestive of him planning another kidnap.

Judge Niclas Parry said that Grewal was a high risk to the public, especially females.

“It is no exaggeration to say that there is a particular concern that you may be released back into the community un-monitored and un-supervised,” he said.

It was highly likely that if his sexual behaviour remained unaddressed and un-changed then he would go on to commit further sexual offences against women.

As a 16-year-old with no previous convictons at the time of the offence, the court's powers of sentencing were limited, due to guidelines.

He had already served the equivalent to almost a two-year sentence while on remand and he could be released back into the community with all the inherent dangers.

The judge said that the best way to protect the safety of the public at this stage was by a three year community order with three years supervision.

Grewal would have to live at the Ty Newydd Bail Hostel at Bangor for the next 12 months, and would have to attend the community sexual offending group work programme so that his movements could be monitored.

“Members of the public who may be concerned about where you will reside can be comforted by the fact that their concerns have been aired and are recognised by me and by the appropriate authorities,” he said.

The agencies which were aware of his history would be taking extremely close interest in monitoring his movements and the public could be comforted in knowing that, he said.

Grewal was placed on the sex offender register for life and was also made the subject of a life-long sexual harm prevention order.

The defendant is not to approach or seek to contact the complainant or two other named people.

He is not to live in the same household as any female without first having informed the police or his supervising officer.

And he is not to own or have control over any vehicle without first making the police and his supervising officer aware of the details of the vehicle.

The judge said that the offences when he was a teenager were accompanied by threats. 

The girl believed him, and did not report the matters until 2013.

They had a significant effect on the victim, who suffered nightmares and it had affected her relationship with her husband and children. 

She had also been unable to continue with her employment where she was highly regarded.

Grewal, the judge said, had utterly refused to accept any culpability and had therefore served almost the entirety of the 15 year sentence that had previously been imposed.

Jonathan Austin, defending, said that his client did not accept his guilt but he was willing to co-operate with the proposals put forward in the pre-sentence report.

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