Michael Stone POLICE have released the picture of a convicted killer who was jailed for 18 years for raping a woman in her home. Michael Stone’s victim told a court she thought she was going to die during the terrifying attack. The 48-year-old defendant, of Pontalun Close, Barry, was found guilty by a jury of rape and causing actual bodily harm after a trial. At Cardiff Crown Court last week, prosecutor Ruth Smith read the victim’s impact statement which said: “This has been life-changing for me. “I was terrified and I feared for my life. “It has been traumatic. I’m scared of men now.
Michael Stone POLICE have released the picture of a convicted killer who was jailed for 18 years for raping a woman in her home. Michael Stone’s victim told a court she thought she was going to die during the terrifying attack. The 48-year-old defendant, of Pontalun Close, Barry, was found guilty by a jury of rape and causing actual bodily harm after a trial. At Cardiff Crown Court last week, prosecutor Ruth Smith read the victim’s impact statement which said: “This has been life-changing for me. “I was terrified and I feared for my life. “It has been traumatic. I’m scared of men now.
Cardiff Crown Court A CONVICTED killer with an “unhealthy interest in strangulation” has been jailed for raping a woman in her home. Michael Stone’s victim told a court she thought she was going to die during the terrifying attack. The 48-year-old defendant, of Pontalun Close, Barry, was found guilty by a jury of rape and actual bodily harm after a trial. At Cardiff Crown Court, prosecutor Ruth Smith read the victim’s impact statement which said: “This has been life-changing for me. “I was terrified and I feared for my life. “It has been traumatic. I’m scared of men now.
“It has been traumatic. I’m scared of men now. “I am terrified of him being released from prison. “He said he will kill me.” Stone, represented by David Pinnell, had denied the charges against him. He was convicted after two trials. The defendant refused to appear in court from prison after the prosecution case in the rape trial was opened and he didn’t give evidence in his defence. Stone was jailed for four years and eight months in 2007 after he admitted manslaughter. His victim was stabbed in the neck with a knife following a confrontation at a house in Barry.
Convicted killer found guilty of raping woman in violent attack
Michael Stone, 48, had denied rape but was convicted by a jury following a trial. He was previously jailed for manslaughter after stabbing a man in the neck
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