A brutal rapist in Philadelphia who claimed to be Irish has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman twice at knifepoint, according to court documents.
Samuel J McKeown forced his victim to smoke a marijuana blunt with him and spoke about “his Irish roots, saying Irish men could be trusted” the affidavit states.
McKeown (25), who denies the attack, was identified by the victim from a police photo array. According to Detective William J Henderson, the victim became visibly upset when she saw his photograph.
The attack took place in the victim’s home on West MacDade Boulevard, early Saturday morning, according to the Delaware County News Network.
The court heard that the victim woke to the sound of someone at her bedroom window at midnight. She saw her attacker at the window, located directly next to her bed. He pulled out a knife and threatened to kill her if she screamed or tried to contact anyone.
She tried unsuccessfully to wrestle with the man. The attacker raped her twice.
He continued to threaten her saying, “If you tell anyone, I’ll kill you” and “I have connections”.
When interviewed by the police they noticed that McKeown had removed his eyebrow and lip piercings. He admitted that he had sold them to buy marijuana. He also admitted that he had left his knife at his mother’s apartment.
In all, McKeown is charged with rape by forcible compulsion, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and terroristic threat offenses. He is currently in jail in lieu of posting ten percent of the $250,000 bail set. His preliminary arraignment is set for Sunday, 23rd September with Magisterial District Judge Peter Tozer.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.TayandCake | Sep 21, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT
Did he put on an accent like Cruise in Far and away
bobby | Sep 20, 2012, 11:40 PM EDT
Some really thick journalism on this site. Is this the best you can hire? So Stupid..
Happyhippo | Sep 20, 2012, 02:39 PM EDT
People who this in some middle countries,i don't need to spell it out what they do with them,enough just to say they will never rape anyone ever again,just for the record this excuse for a human being was born in US.
SingleDonald | Sep 20, 2012, 02:11 PM EDT
This guy, if guilty, should have the book thrown at him! Sadly, there are countless women out there who admire the proverbial "bad boy". Now, they would never want to go through what this victim experienced, yet they have a wish to have an "involvement" with a "bad boy". I just don't understand this. I always believed that being a polite guy to the female gender was a positive. Some girls feel otherwise. Anyway, I would not stoop to the level of being crass and pushy with a woman, in the belief that she would find me more desirable! If that's what it takes to be liked, it is better for us guys to move on!
KittyMurphy | Sep 20, 2012, 01:22 PM EDT
@bogside the court docs said "Irish roots". I would presume that means of Irish descent / Irish American. No?
bogsidebunny | Sep 20, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
If he is an Irish National there's nothing in the Irish papers. Like in many other cases they'll keep this hidden until they're forced to print a small article on page-17. The Irish do not like it when one of their own is a bad boy and especially don't like to print the "American draconian" treatment like bail over $130.(€100).