09-20-2007, 01:37 AM
Pensioner, 77, jailed for sex offence
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Pensioner, 77, jailed for sex offence
A pensionr from Northampton who offered to pay a woman with learning difficulties for sex has been jailed for 10 months.
Cleophus Marcus, 77, had met the woman, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, at a barbecue through his work at the Christchurch care home in Northampton.
She suffers from the learning disability and was a resident at another care home in town but had gone to the barbecue at his workplace with a friend.
Northampton Crown Court heard that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had bumped into him again while in town and he had given her his address and telephone number.
Michael Fowler, prosecuting, said it was when the woman became the victim of a £10 robbery at Northampton bus station on June 27 that she called Marcus for help.
But, when she got to his home, he gave her some alcohol and said: "I will pay you double if you sleep with me'.
Mr Fowler added: "She says that, because of her condition, she thought it a good idea because she could get some money and took off all her clothes. They were on the bed kissing, hugging and
touching each other when her mobile phone rang and that seems to have brought the matter to an end."
Judge Charles Wide QC said: "As a carer working somewhere else, you must have realised when you met her that she was suffering a disability and you exploited it. You could not have thought this woman was interested in you, a 77-year-old man."
Marcus, of Newnham Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, was jailed for 10 months and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for five years, having pleaded guilty last month to causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activity due to a financial inducement.
Richard Holloway, defending, said Marcus, who recently married and used a walking stick, had diabetes and recently suffered a stroke which had brought about a partial loss of memory.
He added: "Hindsight is a wonderful thing and, if he could turn the clock back, he would."
Last Updated: 18 September 2007 7:53 PM
A pensionr from Northampton who offered to pay a woman with learning difficulties for sex has been jailed for 10 months.
Cleophus Marcus, 77, had met the woman, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, at a barbecue through his work at the Christchurch care home in Northampton.
She suffers from the learning disability and was a resident at another care home in town but had gone to the barbecue at his workplace with a friend.
Northampton Crown Court heard that the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had bumped into him again while in town and he had given her his address and telephone number.
Michael Fowler, prosecuting, said it was when the woman became the victim of a £10 robbery at Northampton bus station on June 27 that she called Marcus for help.
But, when she got to his home, he gave her some alcohol and said: "I will pay you double if you sleep with me'.
Mr Fowler added: "She says that, because of her condition, she thought it a good idea because she could get some money and took off all her clothes. They were on the bed kissing, hugging and
touching each other when her mobile phone rang and that seems to have brought the matter to an end."
Judge Charles Wide QC said: "As a carer working somewhere else, you must have realised when you met her that she was suffering a disability and you exploited it. You could not have thought this woman was interested in you, a 77-year-old man."
Marcus, of Newnham Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, was jailed for 10 months and placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for five years, having pleaded guilty last month to causing a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activity due to a financial inducement.
Richard Holloway, defending, said Marcus, who recently married and used a walking stick, had diabetes and recently suffered a stroke which had brought about a partial loss of memory.
He added: "Hindsight is a wonderful thing and, if he could turn the clock back, he would."
Last Updated: 18 September 2007 7:53 PM