Man who used pin to puncture condom is jailed for rape

A MAN has been jailed for rape after he admitted deliberately piercing a condom with a pin before having sex.

Andrew Lewis, 47, claimed he had punctured the contraceptive in the hope that it would split and improve intimacy.

But he was arrested and charged with rape after his victim found the damaged condom in his bin and went to police.

The train driver was jailed for four years when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court, having previously admitted rape at an earlier hearing.

Glyn Samuel, prosecuting, told the court that the woman had found the pin and other pierced condoms in a bedside draw.

She was horrified when she realised what had happened and told the police she considered what Lewis had done was “pure evil”. Mr Samuel said: “He

‘He told police he hoped the condom would split. He said it was the stupidest thing he has ever done’

told police he had hoped the condom would split and it would improve the intimacy. He said it was the stupidest thing he has ever done.”

However, Mr Samuel told the court that there had clearly been a degree of planning in Lewis’s actions.

There was little case law to help Judge Nicholas Cole with the sentence, he added.

Lynette Mcclement, defending, said Lewis, f rom Worcester, had not intended to get the woman pregnant but had si mply been s eeking to enhance intimacy.

Ms Mcclement said: “She had every right to choose her form of contraception. He had hoped it would tear, and as a result she would change her mind. It is an unusual case.”

Sentencing him, Judge Cole said the woman had made it plain she did not want a baby. She had given consent as long as Lewis wore the condom, so it had been a devious act.

The j udge told Lewis: “It was a breach of trust. The offence of rape is so serious a custodial sentence is appropriate.”