Marie
11-10-2006, 12:38 PM
Unbelievable!! http://www.websleuths.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif
Man hid under girl's bed for 3 months (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29389-2446341,00.html)
Fugitive, 22, created secret den in 12-year-old’s room to abuse her after a chance meeting on bus
A man on the run from police seduced a 12-year-old girl and then hid under her bed for three months before eventually running away with her. Scott Jennings, 22, constructed a secret hiding place in the bottom of the child’s divan bed and lived there undiscovered by her mother.
After drawing the child into his web of deceit, he is said to have systematically abused her.
He persuaded his victim, a high school pupil, to take him home where she was able to sneak him into the house unnoticed. She was always aware of his real age, say police.
He converted the child’s bed into a hiding place by removing wooden slats under the mattress and then cutting a large enough hole in the canvas support.
He would then disappear into his secret den whenever he heard the child’s mother approaching. The court was told that the girl’s mother was oblivious to his shadowy existence under the same roof.
Police believe that the child raided the family larder to feed the man she regarded as her secret live-in boyfriend.
Detective Constable David Donlan, of Ashton CID, said: “The victim herself has basically been hiding him there. He somehow brought her on to his side.”
At one point the child confided in her 10-year-old sister but it was not until she disappeared in January that her mother raised the alarm.
She contacted police after finding a note from her daughter explaining that she had run away but would be fine and her mother was not to worry. At that stage the child’s mother had no idea that she was in the company of an adult. Subsequently, the girl’s sister confessed to officers about the man in the house.
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Man hid under girl's bed for 3 months (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29389-2446341,00.html)
Fugitive, 22, created secret den in 12-year-old’s room to abuse her after a chance meeting on bus
A man on the run from police seduced a 12-year-old girl and then hid under her bed for three months before eventually running away with her. Scott Jennings, 22, constructed a secret hiding place in the bottom of the child’s divan bed and lived there undiscovered by her mother.
After drawing the child into his web of deceit, he is said to have systematically abused her.
He persuaded his victim, a high school pupil, to take him home where she was able to sneak him into the house unnoticed. She was always aware of his real age, say police.
He converted the child’s bed into a hiding place by removing wooden slats under the mattress and then cutting a large enough hole in the canvas support.
He would then disappear into his secret den whenever he heard the child’s mother approaching. The court was told that the girl’s mother was oblivious to his shadowy existence under the same roof.
Police believe that the child raided the family larder to feed the man she regarded as her secret live-in boyfriend.
Detective Constable David Donlan, of Ashton CID, said: “The victim herself has basically been hiding him there. He somehow brought her on to his side.”
At one point the child confided in her 10-year-old sister but it was not until she disappeared in January that her mother raised the alarm.
She contacted police after finding a note from her daughter explaining that she had run away but would be fine and her mother was not to worry. At that stage the child’s mother had no idea that she was in the company of an adult. Subsequently, the girl’s sister confessed to officers about the man in the house.
Link to 9 Articles (http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&tab=wn&ncl=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,29389-2446341,00.html&hl=en)