- ITV Report
16-year-old sentenced to six years for rape and burglary
A 16-year-old boy has today been sentenced to six years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty to the rape and robbery of a young Japanese woman in the Netherthorpe area of Sheffield.
Jerone Thompson, of Sheffield, followed the 18-year-old woman as she walked along Hammond Street in Netherthorpe, at around 7.30pm on Friday, 24 August 2012. He snatched her handbag and she chased him to a nearby wooded area, where she was subjected to a traumatic sexual assault.
Following a police appeal, Thompson was arrested, and pleaded guilty to rape and robbery on Tuesday, 15 January 2013, at Sheffield Crown Court.