A man who raped a young girl in a park in South Norwood – an act so disgusting it made the victim sick – has been jailed.
Andrius Styra, who was 39 at the time, met the 12-year-old girl in Brickfields Meadow, South Norwood on August 10, 2017 a few days after pair began talking on a chat rooms website.
Styra, now 42, assaulted the child moments after getting on top of her and pulling her trousers down.
The Lithuanian national, of Chesterton Terrace, Plaistow, was jailed for nine years at Croydon Crown Court on Thursday, September 17.
The court heard Styra and the girl started talking on E-Chat on August 6, shortly after the victim was given a new phone for her 12th birthday.
The girl, who was described as being “extremely vulnerable”, sent messages “containing sexual references”, as did Styra, it was heard.
Styra and the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, arranged to meet in Brickfields Meadow, South Norwood on August 10. The court heard the victim, who is now 15, took her dog and mobile phone to the meeting, which was the first time the pair had physically met.
The court heard Styra took the girl down a set of stairs to an underpass, which is where he “got on top of her” and “pulled her trousers down”.
He then put his hands on her breasts and carried out the horrendous offences, the court heard.
The girl was sick moments after Strya did this, it was said.
Moments later, the girl’s father called her mobile phone and “could sense something was wrong”, causing him to come and meet her. When he arrived, he noticed his daughter had been crying and could see Styra in the distance walking away.
Police were called later that evening and the victim was taken to hospital. Doctors examined the girl and found she had a slight scratch to her hand and a slight bruise to her mouth.
Styra’s semen was found on the girl’s clothing and inside her mouth. Styra was arrested on the night of the attack and when an officer explained the allegations to him, Styra reportedly said: “She told me she was 18.”
Styra was charged with rape and sexual assault by penetration and pleaded guilty to both counts at Croydon Crown Court on August 4 earlier this year.
He was jailed for nine years for rape and four years for sexual assault by penetration, with the sentences to run concurrently.
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