🔴 TEEN RAPIST WHO STRANGLED GIRL IN HER BED JAILED FOR YEARS

Jamie George, aged 18, of Pike Lane, Kingsley, Cheshire, has been sentenced to 45 months in a young offender’s institution after being convicted of rape, assault by penetration and intentional strangulation against a 16-year-old girl.

The sentence, equivalent to three years and nine months, was handed down by Judge Rebecca Herbert at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday 19 November following a trial that concluded last month.

George, who was 16 at the time of the offences in January 2024 and 17 when the case was first tried in youth court, will spend the custodial term in a young offender’s institution and remain on the sex offenders register for life under an indefinite notification order.

He is also subject to a lifelong restraining order prohibiting any contact with the victim.

Prosecutor Steven Bailey outlined how George had met the girl at a Halloween party in Nottingham in 2023 before arranging to visit her home in Leicester three months later.

After initial consensual kissing, the girl made clear she did not want full sexual intercourse despite repeated requests from George.

When his planned train home to Cheshire was allegedly cancelled because of bad weather, the girl – after checking with her mother – allowed him to stay overnight.

Once alone in her bedroom, George deployed what the prosecution described as sustained emotional pressure, telling the girl he had no friends, had recently attempted suicide and spoke of his own self-harm after noticing scars on her legs.

Mr Bailey told the court George had “harvested the information and used it to get what he wanted”.

The girl continued to refuse intercourse.

George then placed both hands around her neck, tightening his grip when she protested, before striking her during what he called “play fighting” to demonstrate his physical dominance.

In a state of shock and unable to move him off because of his size and weight, the girl was raped and sexually assaulted by penetration.

Afterwards George sent Snapchat messages in which he told the victim he was “genuinely sorry”, described the strangulation as “just being kinky” and accused her of “gaslighting” him while adding “it’s up to you to forgive me”.