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Senile rapist, 82, avoids prison | Senile rapist, 82, avoids prison |
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An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state. | An 82-year-old rapist with dementia has avoided a jail sentence for an attack he committed in 1993 because of his diminished mental state. |
Verley Gordon was found unfit to enter a plea over the assault on a 66-year-old woman in Brixton, south London. | Verley Gordon was found unfit to enter a plea over the assault on a 66-year-old woman in Brixton, south London. |
Instead, jurors at London's Southwark Crown Court were asked to determine whether or not Gordon "did the act". | Instead, jurors at London's Southwark Crown Court were asked to determine whether or not Gordon "did the act". |
The jury found him responsible and Judge John Price said he would consider a psychiatric supervision order. | The jury found him responsible and Judge John Price said he would consider a psychiatric supervision order. |
Derelict house | Derelict house |
"In normal circumstances he would have been put away for a very long time but with his dementia it would be pointless to lock him up," the judge told the jury. | "In normal circumstances he would have been put away for a very long time but with his dementia it would be pointless to lock him up," the judge told the jury. |
Gordon now lives in a south-west London care home. | Gordon now lives in a south-west London care home. |
Although a DNA sample was retrieved by police at the time of the rape, a match with Gordon was only found two years ago when he was cautioned for attacking a fellow care home resident. | Although a DNA sample was retrieved by police at the time of the rape, a match with Gordon was only found two years ago when he was cautioned for attacking a fellow care home resident. |
The rape happened on 26 June 1993 after Gordon, who was 67 at the time, approached his victim at a bus stop and asked her to "go for a walk". | |
He attacked her in the grounds of a derelict house. | He attacked her in the grounds of a derelict house. |
The case has been adjourned until 26 January while psychiatric reports are prepared. | The case has been adjourned until 26 January while psychiatric reports are prepared. |
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