{"id":18215,"date":"2021-02-23T08:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18215"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:18:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:18:25","slug":"earl-of-strathmore-jailed-for-sex-attack-at-glamis-castle-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/earl-of-strathmore-jailed-for-sex-attack-at-glamis-castle-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl of Strathmore jailed for sex attack at Glamis Castle home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Scottish earl has been jailed for 10 months for sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home in Angus.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Earl of Strathmore, Simon Bowes-Lyon, forced his way into the sleeping woman’s room during an event he was hosting at Glamis Castle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A sheriff told Bowes-Lyon – who is the Queen’s first cousin twice removed – that his victim still suffered nightmares as a result of the assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bowes-Lyon was also placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.<\/p>\n

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Simon Bowes-Lyon put his victim through a 20-minute ordeal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ignored pleas<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told Bowes-Lyon, 34, that he had repeatedly ignored his victim’s pleas during the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The sheriff said: “Even now – one year on – she still, occasionally, has nightmares and feels panicked because of being sexually assaulted by you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This has also had an impact on her emotional wellbeing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said that the sentence “must reflect the gravity of the crime” and that a community disposal “would not meet these requirements.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dundee Sheriff Court was told previously that Bowes-Lyon repeatedly assaulted the 26-year-old victim and tried to pull off her nightdress during the 20-minute attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court heard that the woman fled the castle the morning after the attack on 13 February last year and flew home to report the matter to police.<\/p>\n

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Both Police Scotland and the Metropolitan Police were involved in the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John Scott QC, defending, said his client, who reports said was a medium risk of reoffending, had shown “genuine remorse”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Glamis Castle, near Forfar, has been the seat of the Bowes-Lyon family since 1372.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was the childhood home of the Queen Mother, and the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret was born there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bowes-Lyon was a great-great nephew of the Queen Mother.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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