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| Teenager raped woman in her 90s in her Cardiff home | Teenager raped woman in her 90s in her Cardiff home |
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| A teenager who raped a woman in her 90s in the hall of her home has been jailed for 16 years at Newport Crown Court. | A teenager who raped a woman in her 90s in the hall of her home has been jailed for 16 years at Newport Crown Court. |
| Lee-Joseph Dixon, 18, forced his way into the house in Ely, Cardiff, as he made his way home from a party at 4am in May. | |
| He "had not one ounce of pity" for his victim in the attack, the judge said. | |
| Dixon, from Ely, admitted raping the widowed grandmother and will serve a minimum of eight years and be on the sex offenders register for life. | |
| As she was attacked, the woman asked him: "Why is a young man like you raping an old woman like me?" | As she was attacked, the woman asked him: "Why is a young man like you raping an old woman like me?" |
| John Lloyd, prosecuting, told the court Dixon has been drinking at the party this year, and began knocking on doors as he walked to his home 300 metres away. | |
| 'Emergency' | |
| The woman was in her dressing gown and barefoot when she opened the door of the house. | |
| Dixon told her there was an emergency and forced his way into the property as soon as the door was opened. | |
| After the attack, the woman called 999. Officers found her shaking in the hallway still clutching the phone. | |
| The woman was in hospital for two weeks but now lives in a care home as she was unable to return to her home, where she had lived since she was a child. | |
| In a statement to the court, her son said: "I am constantly surprised that this did not kill her. | |
| "We are struggling to come to terms with how a young man can do such an horrific violating act to an old woman in her own home where she is meant to feel safest." | |
| 'Dreadful attack' | |
| Judge DJ Hale told Dixon: "You wanted to satisfy your sexual urges and you had not one ounce of pity for your victim." | |
| He added: "This is a particularly horrifying attack. You have blighted what remains of her life. | |
| "Your victim was a fiercely independent woman who was living alone in the home where she had lived for most of her life, surrounded by her memories and possessions. | "Your victim was a fiercely independent woman who was living alone in the home where she had lived for most of her life, surrounded by her memories and possessions. |
| "It takes a great deal of courage to live alone at that age. But you ruined that for that night when you rang her doorbell. | "It takes a great deal of courage to live alone at that age. But you ruined that for that night when you rang her doorbell. |
| "You have caused real physical and psychological harm." | "You have caused real physical and psychological harm." |
| Dixon admitted rape but said he had no memory of the attack. | |
| South Wales Police Det Insp Stuart Wales said Dixon was arrested within 72 hours of the "dreadful attack" that "understandably caused a lot of public concern, particularly within the Ely community". | |
| He said: "Stranger attacks on women, such as this one, are extremely rare. | |
| "As with any such similar incident, when they do occur we have specialist officers to investigate these crimes and work closely with partner agencies to provide support to rape victims. | |
| "This has been a life-altering experience but one where the victim and her family have shown remarkable emotional strength in dealing with what happened to her." |