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<\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\nJudge Paul Batty (pictured) lambasted\u00a0John Lewis Lyons, 66, for lying about needing a wheelchair during his case<\/p>\n<\/div>\nA sex offender who groped and threatened to kill his victim while doing maintenance work then falsely claimed that he was wheelchair-bound in court.<\/p>\nJohn Lewis Lyons, 66, grabbed the woman’s breast and tried to convince her to take off her clothes, then told a police nurse he would ‘murder’ her for reporting him.<\/p>\nHe later pleaded guilty to sexual assault and pretended to be wheelchair-bound before being sentenced, forcing the court to make special arrangements for him.<\/p>\nBut after forcing barristers to make journeys totalling hundreds of miles, a medical report on the day he was sentenced revealed he did not need the chair.<\/p>\nYet despite lying to the court and admitting sexual assault, he was still not jailed after appearing via video link before the judge, who lambasted his behaviour.<\/p>\nThe court heard how the household odd-job man had used his work to gain the trust of a woman then grabbed her breast from behind while she was at the kitchen sink.<\/p>\nHe then tried to persuade her to let him see her naked, grabbed at her and exposed one of her breasts\u00a0on April 8 2015.<\/p>\nLyons was arrested and told a police nurse he would ‘murder’ the woman who had reported him.<\/p>\nThe nurse reported the threat to officers and Lyons was convicted and dealt with separately for making a threat to kill.<\/p>\nHe appeared at The Castle York, near his home in New Earswick, at an earlier hearing and claimed he could not climb the two flights of stairs to the dock.<\/p>\nForcing staff to make special arrangements, Lyons later pleaded guilty to sexual assault at Leeds Crown Court, which has better disabled access.<\/p>\nThe court is 30 miles from his own home, which is on the outskirts of York, where the courthouse is situated inside the grounds of its famous castle.<\/p>\nHe was was then sentenced in York, but forced staff to arrange for him to give evidence via video link at Hull Crown Court, 45 miles away from his home.\u00a0<\/p>\nBarristers for both prosecution and defence were also forced to make the 60 mile trip to Hull from Leeds Crown Court.\u00a0<\/p>\nBut after sentencing, Judge Paul Batty said he would have made him climb the stairs in York had he received the medical reports earlier than the day of sentencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLyons appeared at a number of courts but lied about needing a wheelchair, forcing barristers to make un-necessary journeys all over Yorkshire<\/p>\n<\/div>\nJudge Batty, giving him a suspended sentence, said:\u00a0‘I want you to be under no illusion, I do not believe, for a moment, you are confined to a wheelchair at all.<\/p>\n‘I have read your doctor’s report which questions your need for a wheelchair and your behaviour has caused all manner of a carry-on.’<\/p>\nLyons was given a 21-month prison sentence suspended for two years, on condition he does 20 days’ rehabilitative activities.<\/p>\nHe was also put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely, barring him from contacting the victim.<\/p>\nJudge Batty added: ‘She was in her own home. She had every right to feel safe. You sexually molested her in the most appalling way.<\/p>\n‘It was deliberate, continuous and went on for a considerable period of time.<\/p>\n‘You have come as close as anyone comes, in these courts, to going immediately to custody.<\/p>\n‘If you breach this order and become a sex pest to this woman again, you will come back before me and I will lock you up.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a>\n<\/a>\n
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Judge Paul Batty (pictured) lambasted\u00a0John Lewis Lyons, 66, for lying about needing a wheelchair during his case<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A sex offender who groped and threatened to kill his victim while doing maintenance work then falsely claimed that he was wheelchair-bound in court.<\/p>\n
John Lewis Lyons, 66, grabbed the woman’s breast and tried to convince her to take off her clothes, then told a police nurse he would ‘murder’ her for reporting him.<\/p>\n
He later pleaded guilty to sexual assault and pretended to be wheelchair-bound before being sentenced, forcing the court to make special arrangements for him.<\/p>\n
But after forcing barristers to make journeys totalling hundreds of miles, a medical report on the day he was sentenced revealed he did not need the chair.<\/p>\n
Yet despite lying to the court and admitting sexual assault, he was still not jailed after appearing via video link before the judge, who lambasted his behaviour.<\/p>\n
The court heard how the household odd-job man had used his work to gain the trust of a woman then grabbed her breast from behind while she was at the kitchen sink.<\/p>\n
He then tried to persuade her to let him see her naked, grabbed at her and exposed one of her breasts\u00a0on April 8 2015.<\/p>\n
Lyons was arrested and told a police nurse he would ‘murder’ the woman who had reported him.<\/p>\n
The nurse reported the threat to officers and Lyons was convicted and dealt with separately for making a threat to kill.<\/p>\n
He appeared at The Castle York, near his home in New Earswick, at an earlier hearing and claimed he could not climb the two flights of stairs to the dock.<\/p>\n
Forcing staff to make special arrangements, Lyons later pleaded guilty to sexual assault at Leeds Crown Court, which has better disabled access.<\/p>\n
The court is 30 miles from his own home, which is on the outskirts of York, where the courthouse is situated inside the grounds of its famous castle.<\/p>\n
He was was then sentenced in York, but forced staff to arrange for him to give evidence via video link at Hull Crown Court, 45 miles away from his home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barristers for both prosecution and defence were also forced to make the 60 mile trip to Hull from Leeds Crown Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But after sentencing, Judge Paul Batty said he would have made him climb the stairs in York had he received the medical reports earlier than the day of sentencing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLyons appeared at a number of courts but lied about needing a wheelchair, forcing barristers to make un-necessary journeys all over Yorkshire<\/p>\n<\/div>\nJudge Batty, giving him a suspended sentence, said:\u00a0‘I want you to be under no illusion, I do not believe, for a moment, you are confined to a wheelchair at all.<\/p>\n‘I have read your doctor’s report which questions your need for a wheelchair and your behaviour has caused all manner of a carry-on.’<\/p>\nLyons was given a 21-month prison sentence suspended for two years, on condition he does 20 days’ rehabilitative activities.<\/p>\nHe was also put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely, barring him from contacting the victim.<\/p>\nJudge Batty added: ‘She was in her own home. She had every right to feel safe. You sexually molested her in the most appalling way.<\/p>\n‘It was deliberate, continuous and went on for a considerable period of time.<\/p>\n‘You have come as close as anyone comes, in these courts, to going immediately to custody.<\/p>\n‘If you breach this order and become a sex pest to this woman again, you will come back before me and I will lock you up.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a>\n<\/a>\n
Lyons appeared at a number of courts but lied about needing a wheelchair, forcing barristers to make un-necessary journeys all over Yorkshire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Judge Batty, giving him a suspended sentence, said:\u00a0‘I want you to be under no illusion, I do not believe, for a moment, you are confined to a wheelchair at all.<\/p>\n
‘I have read your doctor’s report which questions your need for a wheelchair and your behaviour has caused all manner of a carry-on.’<\/p>\n
Lyons was given a 21-month prison sentence suspended for two years, on condition he does 20 days’ rehabilitative activities.<\/p>\n
He was also put on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely, barring him from contacting the victim.<\/p>\n
Judge Batty added: ‘She was in her own home. She had every right to feel safe. You sexually molested her in the most appalling way.<\/p>\n
‘It was deliberate, continuous and went on for a considerable period of time.<\/p>\n
‘You have come as close as anyone comes, in these courts, to going immediately to custody.<\/p>\n
‘If you breach this order and become a sex pest to this woman again, you will come back before me and I will lock you up.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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