Mark Alderson, the Darlington Rapist who consented to transport a teenager home from a party diverted down a secluded side street, where he sexually assaulted her before committing rape on two occasions.
Mark Alderson subsequently communicated with the girl’s mother, informing her that the girl was unwilling to exit his vehicle due to her distress after being labelled “fat” by other students. Teesside Crown Court was informed that after the 37-year-old dropped the victim off at her residence, she entered the house in tears and recounted the incident to her family.
Her father contacted the police, resulting in Mark Alderson’s arrest a few hours subsequently. Alderson informed the police that the girl had provoked the incident and that they engaged in consenting sexual activity.
On Friday, prosecutor Christine Egerton told the court that Mark Alderson had previously given the schoolgirl cigarettes, a necklace and a bracelet. When she had become upset about being taunted, he told her she was, “pretty”.
But after asking, “to see her belly” when she said she had been called fat, Mark Alderson sexually assaulted her. He then pulled her clothes off whilst she sat in the passenger seat of his car, and raped her.
Ms Egerton said that the girl told police that she was “drunk” that night and that Mark Alderson warned her not to tell anyone what had happened. In a statement, the victim said that her mental health had suffered as a result of what happened to her: “I have bad dreams and flash backs.
“I can’t sleep or concentrate on my school work and I’m worried about my grades slipping. I feel angry and upset.” Mark Alderson, of Davidson Road in Darlington, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and to two charges of rape.
Nicholas Askins, defending, said that his client had pleaded guilty, “which is very unusual in these types of offences. He has also expressed significant remorse.”
Mr Askins said that his client had lost his partner of 17 years, and his two children and ” is not coping well in prison.” Judge Howard Crowson jailed Askins for nine years and nine months and made him subject to a sexual harm prevention order, which prohibits him from having contact with any child under 16, for the rest of his life.
He was also made the subject of a restraining order, preventing him from contacting the victim for the rest of his life.
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