Assault Prozac 14/07/2005 England Act 'Totally Out of Character' for Perpetrator
 
 Summary:<br><br>Paragraph 12 reads: &quot;<font size="2">The judge heard that <strong>Kidd had been prescribed Prozac for depression </strong>and had been given a piece of cannabis by a friend on the day of the rape &#39;to make him feel better.&#39;&quot; <br /><br /></font>Last 3 paragraphs read: &quot;<font size="2">He<strong> said Kidd was full of remorse a</strong>nd wanted to apologise to the woman.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;&#39;<strong>This was an offence, dreadful as it was, which was entirely out of character for him,&#39;</strong> said the lawyer.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;He has been<strong> searching for an explanation for why he did what he did and still struggles to find an explanation.</strong>&quot; <br /><br /></font><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4682423.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4682423.stm<br /><br /></a><font size="2"><strong>A rapist has been jailed for eight years for an attack which a judge described as &quot;the worst nightmare that women can possibly have&quot;.</strong> <br /><br />Matthew Kidd, 53, told his victim that he had been spying on her before repeatedly raping her in her home. <br /><br />At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Philip said it had been a &quot;terrifying and humiliating attack&quot;. <br /><br />&quot;It is, I think, the worst case of rape I have ever had to deal with,&quot; he told Kidd, from Knightswood, Glasgow. <br /><br />The judge said he would have jailed Kidd for 11 years if he had not pleaded guilty and spared his victim the ordeal of giving evidence. <br /><br /><strong>Unable to sleep</strong> <br /><br />&quot;To a degree her life has been ruined,&quot; he added. <br /><br />The court heard that the 37-year-old woman had been unable to sleep properly, had been prescribed sedatives and now refused to answer her door unless she knew who was there. <br /><br />Advocate depute John Hamilton, prosecuting, said Kidd had knocked on her door on 5 March. <br /><br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/8987af1.jpg" alt="[]" width="5" height="1" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/8987e71.jpg" alt="[]" width="24" height="13" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>He (Kidd)has been searching for an explanation for why he did what he did and still struggles to find an explanation</strong> <img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/8988201.jpg" alt="[]" width="23" height="13" /> <br />Martin Jones QC<br />Defence advocate<br /><br />He told her: &quot;I&#39;ve been watching you for ages&quot; and threatened her with a knife. <br /><br />She ran to her bedroom and bolted the door, but Kidd smashed his way into the room and raped the woman five times. <br /><br />He fled after the woman begged him to leave, telling her: &quot;Have a nice life.&quot; <br /><br />The judge heard that Kidd had been prescribed Prozac for depression and had been given a piece of cannabis by a friend on the day of the rape &quot;to make him feel better&quot;. <br /><br />Defence advocate Martin Jones QC said that alcohol had combined with the drugs Kidd had taken to have a &quot;disinhibiting&quot; effect on his client. <br /><br /><strong>Supervision order</strong> <br /><br />He said Kidd was full of remorse and wanted to apologise to the woman. <br /><br />&quot;This was an offence, dreadful as it was, which was entirely out of character for him,&quot; said the lawyer. <br /><br />&quot;He has been searching for an explanation for why he did what he did and still struggles to find an explanation.&quot; <br /><br />Lord Philip also ordered that Kidd be kept under strict supervision for three years after the end of his prison sentence. <br /></font> 
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