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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Rapist who forced his way into woman's home jailed
A man who forced his way into a woman's home and raped her on two occasions has been jailed for 14 years. Peter Stone, of Thirlmere Gardens, Doncaster, denied two charges of rape and one of controlling or coercive behaviour. But following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court in May, during which his victim testified against him, a jury found the 52-year-old guilty on all counts and he was jailed at the same court on Wednesday. Following the sentencing, Det Con Cameron Vernon, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "Stone is a dangerous individual who caused this woman immeasurable pain." Stone had carried out a "campaign" of controlling behaviour towards his victim, during which he raped her twice at her own property in 2024, according to police. His victim reported the rape offences on 9 November, and officers arrested him on 14 November. Det Con Vernon said he wanted to recognise Stone's victim's "incredible bravery" in facing him in court, and providing evidence "crucial in convicting him of these despicable crimes". "I am very happy to see Stone jailed for 14 years, and I hope this sentence encourages other victims of sexual violence to report these crimes to police," he said. "We will investigate every report and take action to see justice done." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North South Yorkshire Police
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Rapist who forced his way into woman's home jailed
A man who forced his way into a woman's home and raped her on two occasions has been jailed for 14 years. Peter Stone, of Thirlmere Gardens, Doncaster, denied two charges of rape and one of controlling or coercive behaviour. But following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court in May, during which his victim testified against him, a jury found the 52-year-old guilty on all counts and he was jailed at the same court on Wednesday. Following the sentencing, Det Con Cameron Vernon, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "Stone is a dangerous individual who caused this woman immeasurable pain." Stone had carried out a "campaign" of controlling behaviour towards his victim, during which he raped her twice at her own property in 2024, according to police. His victim reported the rape offences on 9 November, and officers arrested him on 14 November. Det Con Vernon said he wanted to recognise Stone's victim's "incredible bravery" in facing him in court, and providing evidence "crucial in convicting him of these despicable crimes". "I am very happy to see Stone jailed for 14 years, and I hope this sentence encourages other victims of sexual violence to report these crimes to police," he said. "We will investigate every report and take action to see justice done." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North South Yorkshire Police
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Rapist who forced his way into woman's home jailed
A man who forced his way into a woman's home and raped her on two occasions has been jailed for 14 years. Peter Stone, of Thirlmere Gardens, Doncaster, denied two charges of rape and one of controlling or coercive behaviour. But following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court in May, during which his victim testified against him, a jury found the 52-year-old guilty on all counts and he was jailed at the same court on Wednesday. Following the sentencing, Det Con Cameron Vernon, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "Stone is a dangerous individual who caused this woman immeasurable pain." Stone had carried out a "campaign" of controlling behaviour towards his victim, during which he raped her twice at her own property in 2024, according to police. His victim reported the rape offences on 9 November, and officers arrested him on 14 November. Det Con Vernon said he wanted to recognise Stone's victim's "incredible bravery" in facing him in court, and providing evidence "crucial in convicting him of these despicable crimes". "I am very happy to see Stone jailed for 14 years, and I hope this sentence encourages other victims of sexual violence to report these crimes to police," he said. "We will investigate every report and take action to see justice done." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North South Yorkshire Police
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Doncaster rapist who forced his way into woman's home is jailed
A man who forced his way into a woman's home and raped her on two occasions has been jailed for 14 Stone, of Thirlmere Gardens, Doncaster, denied two charges of rape and one of controlling or coercive following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court in May, during which his victim testified against him, a jury found the 52-year-old guilty on all counts and he was jailed at the same court on the sentencing, Det Con Cameron Vernon, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "Stone is a dangerous individual who caused this woman immeasurable pain." Stone had carried out a "campaign" of controlling behaviour towards his victim, during which he raped her twice at her own property in 2024, according to victim reported the rape offences on 9 November, and officers arrested him on 14 Con Vernon said he wanted to recognise Stone's victim's "incredible bravery" in facing him in court, and providing evidence "crucial in convicting him of these despicable crimes"."I am very happy to see Stone jailed for 14 years, and I hope this sentence encourages other victims of sexual violence to report these crimes to police," he said."We will investigate every report and take action to see justice done." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Chicago Tribune
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Review: In ‘Titanic the Musical' at the Marriott, the music alone is reason enough to make a voyage
At times you wonder if the musical director had threatened to remove all lifeboats from the rehearsal room, such is the vocal force of the Marriott Theatre's new production of 'Titanic the Musical.' The pervasive current view of this 1997 Broadway musical with a score by Maury Yeston and a book by the late Peter Stone is that the narrative of the show (which is not connected to the James Cameron movie that came out that same year) suffers from an over-familiarity of anything and everything to do with the wreck of the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. That's undeniably true. Such is its titanic place in popular culture that you currently can choose from this seriously epic revival in Lincolnshire, or decide instead to head downtown and see the amusing parody ' Titanique.' And if you go to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, you can visit an interactive and artifact-laden museum inviting you to stick your hand in a bucket of water to get a sense of the deadly chill of the North Atlantic. All of this stuff draws from the same disaster, of course. And all have to be careful not to cross the bounds of good taste, given that all of the fame draws from an incident in which some 1,500 souls perished. In the case of 'Titanic the Musical,' you get what we journalists call a tick-tock account of what happened, from an optimistic boarding in Southampton to the aftermath of the notorious fatal encounter with the iceberg. The songs are distributed between the bosses (Adam Pelty is owner J. Bruce Ismay, David Girolmo is Captain E.J. Smith and Christopher Kale Jones is ship designer Thomas Andrews), passengers (such as the second-class pair played by Lillian Castillo and James Earl Jones II and the sweet older couple essayed by Heidi Kettenring and Mark David Kaplan) and the crew (Darian Goulding, with a huge voice that could drown out a ship's turbines, is the stoker). Since everyone is aware of how the story ends, we all spend the whole show in a state of knowing a lot more than the characters, which can be a pleasurable state in any piece of dramatic art. Certainly, nobody has to work to follow what transpires. I, for one, don't necessarily need to hear this sad and familiar story again. But this show has a truly magnificent score (as recently heralded when the show was performed, concert-style at New York's City Center), especially when it comes to its choral anthems, many of which are scored for the entire ensemble. Beyond 'Les Misérables,' very few other shows compare. Dramatically, the music functions here as a lifeboat of its own, especially in those huge numbers like 'In Every Age.' And this cast of premiere Chicago vocalists, from Garrett Lutz to Kelli Harrington to Eric Amundson, sing as though they would otherwise go down with their ship. I'd describe the experience as one of encountering a giant wall of sound, except that Marriott stages shows in the round and the director here, the very skilled Connor Gallagher, also had the task of turning a show that often invites actors just to plant their feet on deck and open their mouths into something that works in that format. 1 of Erica Stephan and Garrett Lutz in "Titanic the Musical" at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. (Justin Barbin) I was mighty impressed by how well Gallagher thread that particular needle, as well as how well he keeps the stakes high and makes the stage feel ship-like in every possible way. I wish Marriott had added a few players to its small but here over-amplified band, given the particular demands of this title and the cumulative power of the singers it cast, but this production still offers a formidable musical experience, coming at you with more emotional intensity and existential gravitas than any other time I've seen this particular show. 'Titanic the Musical' has a lot of music and relatively little book. Erica Stephan's lively Irish dreamer Kate is perhaps the most developed character, albeit also something of a trope in a show full of them, but Stone's main intention was to commemorate the whole community, if that's the word, and come up with enough dignity to avoid any sense of maudlin exploitation. In the end, it was Yeston, the oft-underrated composer who is still very much alive, who fulfilled that expectation spectacularly well. That's why this show, when produced at this high level, still has so much artistic heft to go with its ever-bankable title. Chris Jones is a Tribune critic. cjones5@ Review: 'Titanic' (3.5 stars) When: Through June 1 Where: Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
