Menachem Mendel Levy - Alleged Sex Offender
By Anna Sheinman, May 30, 2013
A naive
young girl who did not know what the word “rape” meant because of her sheltered
religious upbringing was sexually abused by the “monster of her living
nightmare”, a court heard this week.
At a retrial
following an initial hearing in October, the now-adult woman claimed she was
repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped by Menachem Mendel Levy, 41, when she
was aged between 14 and 21.
Mr Levy has
pleaded not guilty.
Mr David
Markham, prosecuting, said the girl had described, “two men called Mendy Levy”.
On one level, he was a family friend, who helped her with her homework. On
another, he was a monster.
He said the
girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was naïve and did not understand
what was happening to her.
“She lacked
the knowledge, vocabulary and worldliness of girls outside her community,” he
added. “This is not a case of a woman scorned.”
He described
the abuse as “a nuanced and subtle overpowering of a child by an adult”.
Mr Levy, a
married father of six, claimed the sexual contact was part of an extramarital
affair and took place when the girl was over the age of 16.
He said: “It
was obvious she was consenting because of what she was doing.” He added: “She
wanted it, she encouraged it.”
The retrial
was ordered after the original jury failed to reach a verdict. Since the first
trial, the young woman has claimed there were earlier sexual assaults when she
was as young as 13.
Tania
Griffiths, defending, said that by changing her testimony, the alleged victim
had been “caught red-handed in a lie”, having previously said that an indecent
assault when she 14 was a “one off”.
Summing up,
Judge James Patrick told the jury: “A person who has undergone sexual assault
or rape has experienced trauma — everyone has their own way of reacting.”
Not another one.....
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