He then jailed him for three years and eight months for the three sexual offences. The judge jailed him for three years and four months for the robbery, rejecting the claim that it was not premeditated after arguing O’Neill and his unnamed assailant had followed the victim. He also argued that the motive behind the sexual offences was not for sexual gratification, but rather to degrade and humiliate the victim. He was in no way in his own mind and is shocked, disgusted and sickened by what he did.' It was in that state of mind that he committed these offences. Mr Langdale said: 'One can only guess what it did when it was mixed with ADHD. Mr Langdale said in the six months leading up to committing these crimes, he had begun to take the mind-altering class-B drug MCAT, was smoking cannabis and drinking. He had gone to live with his grandparents which Mr Langdale said were 'the only stable force in this life', but he was eventually diagnosed of suffering from ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) at the age of 13 and put on medication to combat the illness. Side-effects include headaches, palpitations, nausea, high blood pressure, a burning throat, nose bleeds and purple joints, especially the knees and hands.ĭefending, Adrian Langdale said O’Neill had a difficult upbringing and was physically abused as a small child by his mother’s former drug-addicted partner. It is most often snorted in powder form but can also be obtained in pills and capsules. Used as a replacement for ecstasy or cocaine, it is sold on hundreds of internet sites for around £10 a gram.Īnd unlike cocaine, it is unlikely to be cut with baking soda, paracetamol or more dangerous substances.īuying it online with your credit card is straightforward and avoids any contact with drug dealers or the danger of a run-in with the law.Ī survey for the magazine found four out of ten of those surveyed had tried it and a third had taken it within the previous month.
In 2010 clubbing magazine Mixmag christened mephedrone 'the UK's favourite new drug'. Yet despite the dangers the drug, Known as 'plant food' or 'mew meow', has been hugely popular because of its cheapness and easy availability. The next morning, O’Neill was part of a group who entered Cox’s Supermarket in Mansfield Woodhouse at around 6.30am, with O’Neill stealing a bottle of vodka.Īt least one person a week dies after taking mephedrone, which until two years ago was legal. The victim later woke up and realised his mobile phone and keys were missing. The victim fell to the floor and was kicked unconscious, although he recalled O’Neill ordering the other perpetrator to stop because the victim was disabled. The first male - who was never identified - hit the victim around the head with a bottle before O’Neill grabbed him in a bear hug. The robbery occurred on the site of the old Sherwood Colliery when the pair, who were part of a larger group, followed the 24-year-old. Hours earlier, O’Neill and an accomplice had been involved in the robbery of a mobile phone from a 24-year-man.
He pleaded guilty to three serious sexual assault charges, plus two charges of robbery and charge of theft. O’Neill was jailed indefinitely for 'public protection' but must serve at least three-and-a-half years behind bars after a judge heard the drunk and drug-crazed teenager had subjected his victim to the sickening ten minute assault on August 4, saying 'We’re going to have some fun together.'
The judge took the unusual step of naming and releasing a photo of the teenager because of the seriousness of the crime. His elderly victim was unable to fight back as he suffers from a condition which restricts the use of his limbs, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Abuser: 15-year-old Ben O'Neill raped an elderly man while high on the drug MCAT and drunk on vodkaĪ 15-year-old boy has been jailed after raping a disabled male pensioner while 'out of his own mind' on a cocktail of vodka and the drug MCAT.īen O’Neill pushed his terrified victim, 65, into a field before attacking him, forcing him to perform a sex act on him and then attempting to rape him again.