July 2014
Violent sex attacker was on bail for having sex with a 13 yr old schoolgirl
A VIOLENT sex attacker who raped an innocent stranger on her way back from a party was on bail for sleeping with a 13-year-old girl
Stuart Burton grabbed the terrified reveller in a Southampton park before strangling and forcing her to the ground.
Now it has emerged that attack happened just months after he was released on bail after having sex with a schoolgirl he groomed over a number of months.
But after he was jailed for a total of 12 years for both offences prosecutors defended the decision not to remand him in custody pending trial for the first offence.
Burton, 23, of Rotterdam Towers, stared into the public gallery at Southampton Crown Court after being sentenced for the rape and sex with the 13-year-old girl.
He admitted the charges at an earlier hearing.
Burton was making his way home in the early hours of January 1 after being thrown out of a house party when he stumbled across the woman in a park in Northam near Union Road. He hit the 33-year-old before pushing her into mud and forcing himself onto her.
Prosecutor Simon Jones told the court: “His hands were around her neck and strangling her. She thought about screaming when she could breathe again but was too scared.”
Burton eventually fled and the terrified woman – who had been returning from another house party – flagged down two passers-by to help her.
She suffered two black eyes and cuts and bruising to her face and body.
The court also heard how Burton had been previously been arrested in September and charged in November for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
He had built up a secret relationship with her for a number of months after befriending her mother.
Prosecutor Simon Jones told the court: “His hands were around her neck and strangling her. She thought about screaming when she could breathe again but was too scared.”
Burton eventually fled and the terrified woman – who had been returning from another house party – flagged down two passers-by to help her.
She suffered two black eyes and cuts and bruising to her face and body.
The court also heard how Burton had been previously been arrested in September and charged in November for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
He had built up a secret relationship with her for a number of months after befriending her mother.
