Pervert had intercourse with underage lady at his dwelling whereas spouse gave beginning to their baby
David Peers, 71, was jailed for indecent assault and gross indecency offences against two teenage victims after having clandestine meetings with them in his car and home
A man engaged in sexual activities with an underage girl at his home on the same day his wife was giving birth to their child. David Peers, now 71, would have illicit encounters with her in his car and at his residence.
Years later, Peers had sexual relations with another underage girl. He confessed to a series of historic sex offences that all took place in the 1980s. Today, a judge at Mold Crown Court sentenced Peers, from Llay New Road, Llay, Wrexham, to a total of eight years and four months behind bars.
Prosecutor Dafydd Roberts revealed that Peers’ first victim, who is now an adult and cannot be named due to lifelong anonymity, was a teenager when they met in the early eighties, while he was in his late twenties.
Peers would drive her to a secluded lane for their clandestine meetings in his car. He kissed her, exposed himself and asked her to perform sexual acts, reports North Wales Live.
He would “instruct her what to do,” the court was told.
Later that year, he invited the teenage girl to his house. She would visit when his wife was away, and they would engage in sexual activities, Mr Roberts explained.
The following year, the girl was passing by his house on the day his wife was in labour. Mr Roberts said: “He called (the girl) over, invited her in, took her upstairs and they had penetrative sex in the bedroom.”
Peers also performed a sexual act with the girl on a coach, covering her with his coat. The court heard today that Peers later encountered another underage girl and committed similar offences against her.
He was 21 years her senior. The pattern repeated itself with kissing in his vehicle, followed by sexual activity before full intercourse at his residence.
The victim would truant from school to meet Peers throughout the three-year period of offending, Mr Roberts told the court.
In court today, Peers’ first victim delivered a moving impact statement. Speaking from behind a protective screen, she revealed: “I felt isolated and emotionally burdened with the complexities of what I thought was an adult relationship.
“I felt blamed and humiliated. I felt confused and ashamed and I did not know how to deal with it all.”
She explained how the experience fundamentally altered her, leaving her in a “dark place for decades believing I’m a bad and terrible person”.
The woman disclosed she has endured psychological trauma throughout most of her adult years.
The second victim, in her impact statement, described how her early adolescent years were “tarnished by the methodical and calculated grooming”. The abuse severely damaged both her education and social development.
She revealed that Peers had captured intimate images of her, and his blackmail threats regarding their potential disclosure contributed to marital difficulties that ultimately led to her divorce.
The woman has required anti-depressant medication and explained she is reliving her ordeal through the current court proceedings.
Peers pleaded guilty to seven charges of indecently assaulting his first victim, who was under 16. He was also found guilty of two counts of indecently assaulting his second victim, also under 16, plus two charges of committing acts of gross indecency against the same girl.
Alun Williams, defending, acknowledged his client’s offences had a “profound” impact on his victims, for which Peers offers his apologies, he stated.
His client has retired with an exemplary employment record and is battling poor health following a skin cancer diagnosis, with an exploratory procedure for an abdominal ailment also scheduled.
Judge His Honour Timothy Petts told Peers he had been considerably older than his victims and was not someone who had been “slightly careless about age boundaries”.
He noted that capturing the “degrading” photographs of the second victim had served as an aggravating factor.
He sentenced Peers to five years and four months imprisonment, with concurrent terms for crimes against the first victim. He also imposed a three-year sentence for offences against the second victim with additional concurrent terms, with the three years running consecutively to the five years and four months, totalling eight years and four months behind bars.
Peers was also placed on the sexual offenders notification requirements for life and must comply with restraining orders against his victims for life.
The judge expressed hope the sentences would provide “some closure” to the women and wished them “the best for the future”.
