HORRIFIC details were disclosed to juries today as the rape case against Ian Peters and Toby Peters commenced at Winchester Crown Court.
Father Ian Peters, 48 and his son Toby Peters now 22 were charged with rape and two counts of indecent assault on two girls on April 11th 2007.
Ian Peters was quizzed by Prosecution solicitor Miss Kerry Maylin, who suggested that he: “ forced the eldest child to take part in sexual intercourse against her will.”
The vulnerable children who were only aged 6 and 8 lived with their mother and her partner Ian Paters before his son moved in around March 1999.
Allegations also surrounded Toby Peters who has been accused by both girls of rape during his one year stay at their home when he was just 15 yrs old.
While looking petrified Toby Peters told the juries that he was innocent of the allegations against him, the police constable who arrested him told his Honour Judge A Barnett that: “ Toby Peters was confused when we arrested him but very cooperative with our investigations.”
The two victim’s evidence was played to the court room via a video at the beginning of the case; however with such an immense time elapsed from when the alleged incident took place there is no forensic evidence for the prosecution to use.
Mr Ian Peters and Toby Peter’s deny the charges against them as their trial continues.
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This is a very tightly writen report. Great promise here.
Goes that mean it was well written? lol
yeah, it means very well written. If I was your tutor for news writing I might think – that’s professional standard,’I bet she’s just copied that out of the Daily Telegraph’ or something, because I a naturally pessimistic, untrusting and uncharitable person (the national characteristic of Mancunians).
Horrific is a bit comment-ish, but it could be argued that the nature of the attacks was factually ‘horrific’ – so like, as a say, an experience pro you are surfing right there on the edge of the FACT vs COMMENT problem, with a degree of experience with as I say is unusual for your years.
Have you in fact been a news reporter before?, or is it justt he case that you are intelligent, listening to the lectures, and you are reading the books and reading the papers. If so there is hope for all of us yet (except me). You must be getting it from somewhere.
If your method, though, is rading a court report in a decent newspaper then thinking – right I am going to get the facts and then make it read kind of like that, then that is an excellent method and all should note this is the way to make life easy for yourself…
Originally plays very little part in news reporting (though it is essential for feature writing, documentaries and ‘long form’ journalism. But that is a slightly different game.
Confused? You will be…
Yrs Chris Horrie
Yrs CH