Andrew Hewett

Never Accused : Why Admit To Grooming?

Andrew Hewett is a cousin; he is 8 years older than Jemma.

Jemma has never accused him of anything whatsoever, not a single thing.

Yet for some unknown reason, after his name is passed to Police by Anuska Pritchard, he makes two Police statements admitting in detail how he "took advantage" of Jemma; which was all about getting Jemma to satisfy him via masterbation, with failed attempts to persuade Jemma to perform oral sex on him.

He clearly states that Jemma would not let him touch her at all, she was "not confident in her own body to let me touch her".

Not confident with Hewett, her older cousin, who she has known all of her life; yet the Police claim she led men who she had only just met, to garages for sex.

He only gave evidence in Court on the basis that the papers could not name him or identify him as a relative. An empty promise by the Police and CPS, considering any reporting restrictions would not apply when the trial ends. 

Details of his grooming of Jemma in Court, was contradictory to the details within his Police statement. In his statement, he said that Jemma was 20, making these incidents after the assault by Cassim; but in Court he said she was 16, making him 24 at the time and
these incidents now occurring before the assault by Cassim
HRH Lorraine-Smith, when summing up the trial, referred to the evidence given by Hewett, as "deeply disturbing" and directed the Jury not to use his evidence in the deliberation of charges related to Cassim.

We are not aware of the papers writing about him.

Source:
Trial Transcript : R v Beale : June 2017 
Police : Andrew Hewett Witness Statement : 4 August 2014
Police : Andrew Hewett Witness Statement : 8 March 2017
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