Monday 30 January 2017

Teenager reveals how she was sexually assaulted while she was ASLEEP at a party by drunken man whose friend live-streamed the attack on Snapchat.


A teenager was sexually assaulted with a sweeping brush as she slept at a party. Tracie Aldridge, then 19, slept through the attack by Jordan Binnie, but woke the next day to find it had been live-streamed on Snapchat and sent to her friends by Fraser Anderson. She has waived her right to anonymity after her Binnie was jailed for 12 months and Anderson was given a community service. The men, both 22, were at the party in Raploch, Stirling and had reportedly been drinking all day. Eventually everyone left apart from Tracie, Binnie and Anderson. Miss Aldridge later fell asleep on a sofa, wearing a pair of pyjama shorts, which Anderson moved to one side. Binnie then sexually assaulted her with a sweeping brush.
Miss Aldridge, now 21, said her anonymity was taken away by her attackers when they filmed and distributed the sick attack. She said: 'I've been through two years of hell. At the start the police told us it would go to the High Court and Binnie would be charged with rape with an object. 'Fraser Anderson could have stopped it, but instead he live-streamed it to Snapchat. Everybody who knows me in this area saw it. 'I'm waiving my anonymity because I'm so angry with the light sentences they got, but Fraser took my anonymity the minute he uploaded it to social media.'
Sarah Lumsden, prosecuting, told Falkirk Sheriff Court that Miss Aldridge found out about the attack when a friend called the morning after the party to tell her the video was circulating on social media.
She said: 'Miss Aldridge was, understandably, extremely distressed and humiliated, and the police were contacted.' Unemployed Binnie, from Cornton, Stirling, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and Anderson, a carpet fitter, admitted committing a breach of the peace by uploading the footage to Snapchat. Binnie, who has a record for violence and was assessed by social workers as at risk of committing further violent offences, was jailed for 12 months and placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years. Anderson was ordered to carry out 225 hours of unpaid work. He will not have to sign the register because he admitted breaching the peace.




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