Predator abducted girl, 14, and raped her at knifepoint as she walked to school after lying in wait for victim
A PREDATOR abducted and raped a 14-year-old girl at knifepoint on her walk to school after he lay in wait at a beauty spot.
Oliver Smith, 21, pounced on the lone teenager in her school uniform and pulled a box-cutter blade on her as she walked through a nature area.
In the 45 minute ordeal, the porn addict subjected her to “gratuitous threats of violence” and forced her to a secluded woodland spot.
When the schoolgirl tried to flee, Smith chased after her and grabbed hold of her mouth to cover her screams, threatening he would stab her in the throat.
Portsmouth Crown Court heard how he meticulously planned the attack.
Nine months before the attack Smith was convicted of voyeurism and having child abuse images – but escaped jail.
After the horrific rape he fled to 600 miles away to Scotland but couldn’t go any further as he didn’t have his passport.
Today Smith was jailed for 12 years as the schoolgirl’s parents watched on.
The court heard he raped the girl at woodland by Bordon Inclosure in Bordon, Hampshire, on the morning September 27 last year.
Home-educated Smith, who lived with his grandmother in the town, was seen leaving home early in the morning but not in his work clothes.
Prosecutor Simon Foster said Smith was waiting at the woods for 30 minutes before the girl arrived.
A week before, a walker had seen “a man standing there in a manner that scared her”.
In her victim impact statement, the girl said: “I get very paranoid out of the house and I keep looking over my shoulder.
“I always think someone is behind me. Before I was very affectionate and liked hugging and now I hate people touching me.
“I like to be alone now. I like to be alone in my room by myself where it’s quiet.”
The girl’s parents, who attended court, said in their statement their world has “shattered beyond belief”.
“The damage this has caused to our family is indescribable”, they said.
“She was one of the kindest, gentlest souls. Now, she is a shell of her former self.”