Woman Suffered Rape So Violent She’s Been Left Partially Sighted In One Eye.

Alec Lowther will be going away for a very long time, said the judge

A man has admitted carrying out a graveyard rape attack so brutal his victim lost consciousness and has been left partially sighted in one eye

Alec Lowther, 21, pushed the woman into St Mary’s Churchyard in Hull as she walked to work in the early hours of September 20 last year.
After his savage attack, the woman woke up to discover he had stolen her mobile phone and £163.15 in cash.
Prosecutor Simon Waley outlined the horrific attack to Hull Crown Court.
He said: ‘The lady concerned was walking to work in the early hours of the morning and this defendant approached her, threw her over a fence into a cemetery and proceeded to start punching her.

Police and crime scene investigation officers at the graveyard on the junction of Air Street and Bank Side, Hull

‘He was on top of her and, as she puts it, was “hitting my head constantly”, with a hand around her throat.
‘She said at the time she couldn’t see because she was bleeding in her eyes and he was making threats to her, telling her he would kill her.’
Mr Waley added: ‘She eventually lost consciousness and by the time she came to life, he had left the scene, taking with him her phone and cash.
‘In terms of the injuries caused, there’s bruising and cuts that required stitches, but most seriously there’s an injury to her eye.’
Lowther admitted three counts of rape, inflicting grievous bodily harm and robbery when he appeared at court last month.
During one hearing, it can now be revealed, Lowther had to be brought into court to enter his pleas a second time because he would not admit one of the rapes while female relatives were present.

The 21-year-old admitted the rape (Picture: SWNS)

Sentencing was adjourned after it emerged Lowther had been self-harming in prison and that he was on suicide watch in jail.
Applying for the sentencing adjournment, Lowther’s lawyer, John Thackray said: ‘His condition concerns me; he has a number of self-inflicted injuries.’
Considering the application for a report, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said there was no doubt the defendant would be going away for a very long time.
He said: ‘Of course, if you want a report, provided you understand it will address the issue of dangerousness, then I might be amenable to it.
‘On any analysis, this is going to be a very long sentence. He is going nowhere for really quite some time.’
He added: ‘The victim must be reassured about the observations I have made about the length of sentence.
‘I have no idea at the moment whether I’m going to impose a life sentence, or whether I’m going to impose a determinate sentence.
‘Perhaps she needs to be reassured, this defendant is going away for an extraordinarily long time.’