Rapist's Sentence Cut Despite Home Invasion

0:00This is Lester News today, powered by AI and presented by the Daily News Now. A man convicted of rape has had his prison sentence cut from 15 years to 12 years after appeal judges ruled the attack was not pre-planned. Antonas Shchefsky's, a 36-year-old from Boston in Lincolnshire, met the victim at a barbecue in Lester in April 2022. Later that night, he entered her flat through an open window while she slept on a sofa and assaulted her. The victim suffered severe anxiety and could not sleep in her own bed for months. She needed therapy and described her life as, turned upside down by the trauma. At the original trial last year, the judge classed the crime as the most serious category due to the home invasion. The victim's vulnerability, from, drinking and what seemed like planning. He noted Shchefsky's had no prior convictions but was drunk himself. Appeal judges disagreed on the planning element, saying there was no proof he intended the assault when leaving the barbecue.

1:01They called it a horrible crime, but set the new term at 12 years, which Shchefsky's still on the sex offender's register for life. D&N is brought to you by our sponsor. It looks like a pillow. It sounds like headphones, built for comfort and sound. of the