Sister encouraged UK teen to rape girl
A boy has been found guilty by a UK court of raping a teenager in an alleyway in punishment for spreading rumours about his sister who told the victim “snitches get stitches”.
Lacquan Weekes, the 17-year-old rapist, was egged on by his sister Aliyah Weekes, 19, and a 16-year-old girl.
He was found guilty of rape, while his sister and the 16-year-old, who stood trial alongside him at the Old Bailey, were found guilty of aiding and abetting the attack.
There were tears and wailing from the dock as the jury came back after eight hours of deliberations to find the trio guilty.
The 15-year-old victim, who cannot be identified, was made to perform a sex act on Lacquan Weekes, who is 10 days away from his 18th birthday.
She had left home on the evening of April 29 to buy a drink and was confronted by the two females in a park in Willesden, north-west London.
Aliyah Weekes had told her “snitches get stitches” when she accused the victim of telling secrets about her and the 16-year-old.
She also threatened to make the victim do a “line-up” – street slang for giving multiple oral sex, and said: “Snitches get stitches.”
This was nine days after Aliyah Weekes, the 16-year-old girl and the victim had been involved in an attack on a different girl in a park. The 15-year-old later told police what had happened.
After the jury returned its verdicts Judge Jeremy Donne said: “It seems to me there was degradation and humiliation which went beyond the commission of the acts.”
He described it as a “sustained incident” involving prolonged violence.
He said: “There is no doubt that the defendants acted together to commit the offence.”
Sentencing on all three was adjourned until October 17 at the Old Bailey.
Prosecutor James Dawes had previously told the court: “It was Aliyah’s idea. She was the one who said: ’Snitches get stitches’.
“She was the one who said: ’Do you know what I do to hos like you? Make them do a line-up’.
“She was the one who physically threatened (the victim) and said it was her who would punch her if she did not comply.”
The 16-year-old girl also told the victim to “just do it” and “take your medicine”, the court heard.
The 19-year-old and the 16-year-old then forced her into an alleyway where she was forced to have oral sex with the boy while they stood nearby, the court heard.
Mr Dawes told the jury: “It is not the place a 15-year-old would choose for her first sexual experience with someone she wanted to be her boyfriend.”
Afterwards, he grabbed her and tried to pull her back, but she managed to get away saying she wanted to get a drink before she went home, the court heard.
Meanwhile, her mother had become concerned when she did not come home by 10.30pm and had called police.
All the defendants had denied the charges.
