Two men have been found guilty and jailed for a total of 35 years for the kidnap, rape and sexual assault of three women in Northampton last year.
Trofim Midoni, 21, of Queens Road, Northampton and Valeriu Frunza, 24, previously of Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, were convicted in September following an eight-day trial at Northampton Crown Court.
Due to his risk to the public, Frunza, who was convicted of a total of 12 offences, including rape, attempted rape, kidnap and sexual assault, was handed an 18-year sentence extended to 20 years on account.
Midoni was found guilty of eight offences and sentenced to 13 years, which has been extended to 15 years on account, due to the risk posed by him.
Northampton court heard how between December 1st and 2nd, 2019, the men had preyed on three vulnerable women over 24 hours. They picked the victims up in the town centre of Northampton and took them to remote locations against their will. Two of the women were sexually assaulted and abandoned and the third beaten and raped.
The first victim was kidnapped and sexually assaulted before managing to escape, the second was kidnapped, raped and sexually assaulted and the third kidnapped and sexually assaulted.
Northamptonshire Police said the three women reported the incident to them, which lead to the swift arrest of both men, who have been held in custody ever since.
Sentencing the pair at Northampton Crown Court, His Honour Judge David Herbert QC described the degradation and humiliation which they had inflicted on their victims.
He said Frunza and Midoni had clearly planned what was a joint enterprise and that each had committed multiple offences against three vulnerable victims.
He issued indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO) for both men.
Detective Inspector Liz Basham, of Northamptonshire Police’s CID team, said:
“I’m delighted by this sentencing and the very clear message it sends to these two men.
“They systematically put all three women through the most horrific ordeal that will live with them for the rest of their lives. Midoni and Frunza present a clear danger to women everywhere, so it is reassuring to see they will now be locked up for a long time.”
Detective Constable Megan Scotney, who led the investigation, said:
“These women showed tremendous bravery in coming forward to police and for supporting our investigation from start to finish.
“I’m grateful to those members of the public who submitted vital evidence that has led to the conviction of these men.
“Once again, this case demonstrates how Northamptonshire Police takes all allegations of sexual violence extremely seriously and we will do everything we can to bring such perpetrators to justice.”
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Will their lenient sentences be cut by 50% as normal? If so it should be stated as an already lenient sentence becomes ridiculously light. The headline sentence sounds reasonable but if only 50% is served it becomes laughable. There should be a minimum term stated.
This is an excellent result except for one thing. These are not traditional British names, which begs the question, are they British citizens? If they are, then they are our problem and more the point, we have to foot the bill going forward. If they are not British citizens, why are they not slated for deportation at the end of their sentences? Even better, why have we not asked their own country to jail them? This would be much cheaper for us and probably a great deal nastier for them.
As for naturalised British citizens, I think that it would be an excellent idea to ensure that they can never rescind their original citizenship, effectively becoming dual citizens. Therefore, if they behave badly here, we can strip them of their UK citizenship and send them back to their original country. This way, they will avoid being stateless and thus our problem again.
In my book, behaving badly is committing obvious crime like theft, burglary, drug taking or dealing, fraud and of course appalling crimes like those outlined above. I suspect we would have quite a clear out and those that come here are much more likely to behave themselves.
Some of these crimes are sickening we need to start hanging a few of these buggers.