Court reports mentioning Jose Lacerna Pena

2022-02-01

Rapist fails in appeal over 'brazen' attack on public street

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: A jury found him guilty, however, and in April 2020 he was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Mr Justice Paul McDermott. He acknowledged Pena will have difficulty serving his sentence far away from his country, family and friends.

2021-11-23

Conviction of man who raped woman on public street 'unsafe', appeal told

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: A jury found him guilty, however, and in April 2020 he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by Mr Justice Paul McDermott. He acknowledged Pena will have difficulty serving his sentence far away from his country, family and friends.

2020-04-03

Bolivian man 'brazenly' raped woman on public street

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Not guilty

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; Passing sentence today, Mr Justice McDermott said Pena carried out the offence "brazenly in the most public and humiliating manner" as people were walking by. Mr Justice McDermott sentenced him to six years imprisonment.; He was convicted by a jury of the sole charge following a trial on December 13, 2019, and was remanded in custody.