Jailed: 20 years for "sexual predator" Kenneth Freemantle (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Jailed: 20 years for "sexual predator" Kenneth Freemantle
11:01am Wednesday 6th March 2013 in News
Kenneth Freemantle
A SERIAL sexual abuser who assaulted women and girls in the Poole area for three decades has been jailed for 20 years this morning.
Kenneth Freemantle, 56, of Fortuneswell, Portland, was found guilty of two rapes, 10 indecent assaults and one sexual assault at Bournemouth Crown Court in January.
He had pleaded not guilty to the historic allegations, some of which involved girls under the age of 18.
All of his victims are now adults, and cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The court heard how one of his young victims was given a sexually transmitted disease after she was raped by Freemantle.
In her evidence, she said he made her feel “worthless”.
Another victim said he punched her in the face, giving her a black eye, which Freemantle claimed was the result of “an accident during play fighting”.
The injury was so serious that she was forced to seek hospital treatment.
She told the court during the trial: “I was so embarrassed - I felt ashamed.”
In all, Freemantle was convicted of 13 counts and his sentences ranged from 14 years to 12 months.
He will serve a 14-year and a six-year sentence consecutively and the other sentences will run concurrently.
Freemantle’s victims were in tears in court as the sentence was handed down.
Judge Peter Johnson said: “You, it seems to me Freemantle, have no sexual boundaries whatsoever. You have been and remain a sexual predator.
“The normal standards of behaviour applicable in society do not seem to apply to you, so you think.”
Freemantle was also handed an indefinite sexual offences prevention order.
Comments(9)
portia6
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12:07pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Saville?
Bliggo
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12:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Pablo23
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1:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Hopefully the good thing to come out of the recent press about such sex offenders is that the victims will feel more empowered to come forward quicker, and more likely to be believed
poolebabe
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2:16pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Pablo23 wrote:Because it's so hard for the police to act. When was the last time we read about a pervert with just one victim getting justice? We keep seeing people like this, many victims spanning many years, finally getting banged up, and the public ask how they are able to get away with it for years. The police need to be ABLE do more when things are reported the FIRST time. Not sit and wait for more crimes committed, victims to come forward, and evidence to drop in their laps.
How do these people manage to offend for such long periods of time before being brought to justice! Its shocking.
Hopefully the good thing to come out of the recent press about such sex offenders is that the victims will feel more empowered to come forward quicker, and more likely to be believed
Then we are amazed when we see a perverts body in a suitcase. That case has more questions than answers for the public. Like why was a man sentenced to 10 years for rape, freed on licence after 6 years, broke the terms of that licence, and sent back to jail for not even the remainder of his sentence? Beggars belief!
BIGTONE
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3:08pm Wed 6 Mar 13
benjamin
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9:47am Thu 7 Mar 13
susie a
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9:47am Thu 7 Mar 13
l'anglais
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10:47am Thu 7 Mar 13
portia6 wrote:Funny you mentioned it, there is a striking resemblance.
How awful, is he related to Jimmy
Saville?
BournemouthMum says...
12:02pm Wed 6 Mar 13