MARCUS WINTON SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD RAPE IN NORTHAMPTON
In August 2012, Marcus Winton, 43, was sentenced to 14 years in prison at Northampton Crown Court for carrying out a systematic campaign of child rape.Winton pleaded guilty to nine counts of rape, which he did on the same day his victim, now an adult, was scheduled to give evidence against him in court last month.
Claire Howell, the prosecutor, explained that the abuse had begun when the victim was young.
She stated, “Eventually she took two overdoses and she was referred to counselling.” At age 16, the victim met her future partner and confided in him about the abuse.
Although they later split, her partner encouraged her to disclose what had happened.
It was only during counseling sessions that she described the abuse, prompting her counselor to contact police.
The court was told that Winton, who was at the time without a fixed address, had threatened to kill the victim if she ever revealed the abuse, which effectively kept her silent for years.
Judge Rupert Mayo sentenced Winton to 14 years, with a two-thirds custodial period, and ordered him to register as a sex offender for life.
Additionally, he imposed an indefinite sexual offences prevention order.
As Winton was taken away to the cells, a woman in the public gallery shouted, “I hope you rot in hell.” In his sentencing remarks, Judge Mayo commented, “It’s plain from the nature of your offending and from what she said that you completely robbed her of her childhood.
When she was old enough, you threatened to kill her if she ever reported what you had been doing.
During the course of these rapes, you did not use contraception, running the risk of pregnancy.
It is hard to imagine a more repugnant series of abuse.
It goes into the most serious category of offences.”
