標題: Man found guilty of assaulting girl in her Surrey bedroom [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-2-15 19:49 標題: Man found guilty of assaulting girl in her Surrey bedroom
Man found guilty of assaulting girl in her Surrey bedroom
Case dates back to April 2010
Dave White Feb 15, 2011 18:15:04 PM
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SURREY (NEWS1130) - A guilty verdict for a man involved in a sickening crime. Kyle Berkson has been found guilty on four counts for sexually assaulting a young girl in Surrey in April 2010, after breaking into her bedroom.
"The judge carefully weighed all the evidence and there was ample evidence to found the convictions on all four counts: break and enter and commit sex assault with a weapon, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, and uttering threats." says Crown prosecutor Lynnett Jung.
It all happened as the girl's grandparents slept in the next room.
Jung says the family is relieved by the verdict. "They feel good that the process has come this far and that the judge carefully weighed the evidence and took into consideration all of the available evidence."
Gruesome testimony was heard, some of it from the victim herself. Defence argued the girl couldn't confidently identify her attacker or could have made the whole thing up.
But among the evidence was a pill bottle belonging to Berkson found on the girl's floor, and his DNA found on her cheek. A distinctive flashlight and scissors believed to belong to Berkson were also found in her bedroom. The judge says those scissors were used to cut a pair of shorts off the girl in her bed.
Berkson was a family friend who occasionally visited the family home. Court heard he is an experienced locksmith with the ability to pick any lock. It's believed he managed to get through several doors in the family's cluttered home but there was no evidence to suggest Berkson broke in through the girl's bedroom window.
He now has to undergo a psychological assessment but that's still at least a month away. A sentencing date still has to be set.
