A pervert, who sexually assaulted a teenage lady and blamed ‘sexsomnia’ for his disturbing assault has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years behind bars.
Andrew Peel, 48, attacked his sufferer while she was handed out within the Albert Dock, Liverpool department of Premier Inn.
The ‘cowardly’ intercourse offender then put ahead a ‘pathetic excuse for his abhorrent behaviour’, claiming he had been sleepwalking through the assault.
Following a day and night time of boozing in Liverpool metropolis centre, Peel sexually abused the teenage complainant in her room after she ‘crashed out’ drunk.
The sufferer was saying in the identical resort room as Peel the night time of the incident.
Throughout his six-day trial, Peel, of Pochard Shut in Bradford alleged he was affected by a situation known as ‘sexsomnia’.
Andrew Peel, 48, of Pochard Shut, Bradford (pictured) has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years behind bars after sexually assaulting a drunk teenage lady in her resort room
The situation is a sort of sleep problem the place a person engages in sexual behaviour while asleep.
Nevertheless, the pervert’s defence was refuted by a jury, who decided he was responsible of two counts of sexual assault.
The sufferer’s assertion which was learn on her behalf to Liverpool Crown Court docket said: ‘[Peele] concocted a cowardly and pathetic excuse for his abhorrent behaviour.
‘He has continued to dwell life as regular whereas I’ve struggled to give attention to my research.
‘My confidence has been shattered by him and his actions. I’ve not been capable of regain the arrogance I’ve misplaced.
‘I am at all times anxious and questioning if I will be somebody’s prey once more. I really feel nugatory and I distrust so many individuals.
She added: ‘He has taken a lot from me and he doesn’t should have the issues he has taken.
‘I am going to by no means be freed from what he has finished to me and the impression he has had on my life.’
Peel, who’s a father-of-two has no prior convictions.
Tania Griffiths, defending, instructed the courtroom his actions have been ‘fully out of character’, dubbing Peel a ‘household man’.
She added: ‘He has had an lively function within the upbringing of his two daughters and he has been a fingers on father.
‘The defendant has by no means contested the occasions that occurred. He has not had a stress free interval. He has suffered super anxiousness and stress. He has misplaced a lot.
‘He has misplaced his lodging. He could properly lose his enterprise. If he doesn’t lose his enterprise, he will definitely endure to an awesome diploma. He has misplaced every part.
‘He has obtained a sleep apnoea situation. The jury discovered that it was not related on this case, however he does have that severe situation and it stays to be seen how the jail property will deal with that specific challenge.’
Peel, who was donning a black North Face high within the dock, was handed a seven-and-a-half 12 months jail sentence by Decide Denis Watson KC on Monday.
He can even be required to signal the intercourse offenders’ register for the remainder of his life, and an indefinite restraining order has additionally been positioned in opposition to him.
After the intercourse offender was sentenced to over seven years in jail Merseyside Police’s Detective Constable Claire McDonald mentioned the next:
‘Peel carried out an appalling and wicked sexual assault on a teenage lady and he’ll now face a major time behind bars.
The ‘cowardly’ pervert alleged he suffered from ‘sexsomnia’ and was sleep strolling through the sickening assault. He was discovered responsible by a jury of two counts of sexual assault (inventory picture)
‘He additionally extended the struggling of his sufferer by denying the offence and forcing her to relive her ordeal in a trial.
‘I wish to commend her for displaying such power and resolve all through what was a particularly traumatic time, and we hope that immediately’s sentence brings her some sense of justice as she continues to get better.
‘Anybody that has been a sufferer of a sexual offence, is anxious for the security of somebody they know or suspects somebody to be participating on this prison exercise ought to come ahead and converse to us.
She continued: ‘Please be assured that now we have a crew of devoted workers who will expertly and compassionately take care of your studies and we are going to do every part we are able to to deliver offenders to justice.
‘We take all such studies extraordinarily significantly and work with accomplice organisations, comparable to Sufferer Care assist service and Rape and Sexual Abuse Assist, who’re there to assist victims each step of the way in which.’
