Crowbar-wielding thug Jason Evers raped woman in her Sheffield home as her young child slept next door
A remorseless Sheffield man raped woman in her own home as her young child slept in the room next door.
While on bail, Jason Evers, then subjected another woman to two assaults which left her black and blue.
The 25-year old denied the offences but was brought to justice after jurors at Sheffield Crown Court found him guilty of crimes including one count of rape and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Jailing Evers for 14 years, Judge Peter Hampton told him: “It’s clear to me, having heard all of the evidence, that you frequently display misogynistic and entitled views towards women.
“Whether they are characteristics that are inherent within you, and will never alter, or whether they result from a degree of immaturity is very difficult for me to assess at this stage, and really, time will tell.”
The court heard how Evers raped his first victim after attending at her home “uninvited” and armed with a crowbar.
The woman’s young child was present at the property, when Evers, formerly of Wesley Road, High Green, Sheffield, struck.
Judge Hampton said: “This was an extremely callous offence, committed while her child slept next door. This was an extremely serious rape.”
Addressing Evers, the judge continued: “You got your way into her home, I’m satisfied she did not want you there.
“In order to cower her, you produced a weapon, a crowbar you brought with you.
“Her child was in the living room.”
The complainant, who is entitled to lifelong anonymity, put the child to bed, and it was then that Evers raped the woman in her own bedroom.
”She told you ‘no’ on a number of occasions. You didn’t care, and carried on,” the judge said.
The first complainant’s heartbreaking statement was read to the court, detailing the impact of the attack.
“I’m not sure I will ever get over it. This attack has had a disastrous impact on my life…I hardly ever go out or socialise. I just don’t see the point when I’m feeling so low,” she said.
“It’s as if this person - I still can’t say his name - has taken everything I cherish away….I feel like I’ve lost everything. On top of it all, he’s made me out to be a liar.”
Evers was on police bail for the rape when he subjected the second woman to two violent attacks, for which he has been convicted of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Judge Hampton said he believed Evers sought to “degrade” and “break” the second woman during his attacks, before attempting to steer her away from reporting his offences.
“You tried to manipulate her…you are a manipulative man, you tried to protect yourself. A man who, as matters stand, only thinks of himself,” Judge Hampton said.
In her statement, the second woman described struggling to trust, or maintain friendships with, men in the wake of the assaults.
She also said she had been plagued by anxiety, depression, flashbacks and nightmares.
“I genuinely feel detached from my life,” said the woman, who also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Defending, Richard Barradell highlighted Evers’ young age at the time of the offences, and suggested his behaviour “stinks of immaturity.”
He said Evers had expressed remorse for the situation he finds himself in to his partner, with whom he has recently had a child.
Judge Hampton told Evers, however: “I reject the submission you are remorseful. Given what I saw during the trial, and the contents of the pre-sentence report, I do not believe you are remorseful.
“You have denied the offences from first to last.”
The court heard that Evers has the support of his family and partner.
Evers must remain on the sex offenders’ register for the rest of his life.
He was also served with restraining orders banning him from contacting the two complainants indefinitely.
As he sent Evers to begin his prison sentence, Judge Hampton praised the complainants for their “fortitude, strength and resilience.”
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