Man sentenced to 4 years in jail for plotting neighbor's rape by tricking sex app user

The court in Alkmaar convicted two men for their involvement in a bizarre game that almost led to a neighbor being raped in a very violent way. The court sentenced the brain behind the plan, 58-year-old Geoffrey S. from Schagen, to four years in prison, with one of these conditionally suspended. This is aligned with the demand set by the Public Prosecution Service (OM).

S. assumed the identity of his neighbor on a sex chat site and invited the person he was chatting with to fulfill her rape fantasies. According to the court, he "carefully staged everything in a cunning manner", with the result that he made his neighbor, next to whom he had lived for years, "the victim of a very serious sexual crime.”

The chat partner was Sebastiaan A., a 46-year-old from Heiloo. He did not know that the person he was speaking to was a man. S. was using a profile picture of his neighbor and gave A. her address. A. rang the neighbor's doorbell on February 15 last year. He forced his way into her home and tried to violently rape the woman. She was able to flee from her home after a struggle that lasted several minutes.

The court sentenced A. to 11 days in prison and 240 hours of community service. He had already served 11 days in pre-trial detention. Therefore, he did not have to return to jail. The community service is 90 hours higher than the recommendation by the OM.

According to the court, the misleading behavior by S. was “an influence” on A.’s actions, but the last mentioned could have noticed straight away that something was wrong, partly due to the woman’s attempts to keep him out of the door. The victim was only able to escape when A. was out of breath and weakened his hold on her.

The woman's victim impact statement during the trial two weeks ago showed that the events had had "a profound and lasting impact" on her and her family, the court said. The woman was injured during the fight.

S. also used the identity of three other women on the chat site, including his wife and his friend's daughters. Another chat partner of his had already been to the same neighbor's house in January last year. This man became suspicious and left.