Churchyard rapist jailed for six years

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A registered sex offender who forced a 17-year-old virgin into a churchyard and raped her twice has been given an indeterminate prison sentence. David Simapuka, a homeless man, was told he would serve six years behind bars before being considered for release after he admitted raping the teenager in the grounds of Brentford's St Faith's Church, on May 25. Sentencing Simapuka to a public protection order today at Isleworth Crown Court, Judge Richard McGregor-Johnson told the 43-year-old that he had “an entirely warped perception of what is proper and normal”. The court heard how Simapuka approached the student - who cannot be named for legal reasons - at a bus stop, in Windmill Road, at 1am after she had spent the night with friends. After failing to strike up a conversation with the girl, Simapuka put his hand over her mouth and dragged her to the church's side entrance before threatening to kill her and raping her. After the first attack, Simapuka, who served a four- year prison sentence for an attempted rape in 1997, then began quoting from the Bible and asking his teenage victim for forgiveness. However, he became angry and raped her a second time. The terrified girl finally managed to escape the hour-and-a-quarter-long orde... ...

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