Drugged-up burglar, 28, raped mum and daughter, 14, after breaking into their home and forced them to watch vile attacks
A SADIST has been jailed for life after forcing a mother to watch as he raped her teenage daughter.
Joshua Carney, 28, smashed into the Cardiff home of his two victims just five days after he was released on licence for a spate of burglaries.
In a depraved crime branded "the stuff of nightmares" by a judge yesterday, it was heard Carney attacked the victims - both of whom were strangers to him - repeatedly.
Career criminal Carney, who has 47 previous convictions, knocked on the door of the property just before 7am on March 1 in a "dishevelled and chaotic" state.
He had no shoes on and blood coming from both of his ears, it was heard.
When the mother answered the door, he pushed her inside and locked it behind him before asking her if she had a boyfriend,
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Terrified for her sleeping 14-year-old daughter, she begged him to stay downstairs with her.
However, he then launched a savage attack. Her screams woke her daughter, who immediately called police and told them something "terrible" was happening.
Afterwards, Carney forced his way into the schoolgirl's bedroom naked and abused each of the victims in front of each other, repeatedly telling them to refer to him as a "husband".
Cops then arrived and arrested Carney, who admitted he'd taken "zombie drug" spice. He later told officers he had no memory of the appalling attacks.
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Both victims were treated in hospital.
Carney later admitted 13 offences, including six counts of rape, two of assault by penetration, two of actual bodily harm, attempted rape and committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.
The defendant, of Rumney, Cardiff, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 10 years at Cardiff Crown Court today.
Harrowing victim impact statements from both victims were read aloud this afternoon.
The mother said she has been forced to leave her "lovely home".
"I haven't had a full night's sleep since the attack," she said.
'THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES'
"I have recurring nightmares and daytime flashbacks.";
The teenager said she now sleeps with a hammer under her pillow.
"I get terrible nightmares of the attack replaying again and I can hear my mum screaming," she said.
"I always used to be happy, smiling, joking - I have lost all trust in people."
Christopher Rees, mitigating, said Carney is "racked with guilt" and "disgusted" with himself.
But Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke blasted him as "dangerous" and said the attack was "deliberately sadistic, no doubt done to gratify your perverted sexual desires".
I get terrible nightmares of the attack... I can hear my mum screaming
"Your offending on that day was horrific. It was the stuff of nightmares," she said.
"The consequences for your victims are obviously life-changing and exceptionally traumatic.
"Your offence is so serious that a sentence of life imprisonment is required."
Carney was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life.
Detective Constable Ian Booker from South Wales Police said: “Stranger attacks such as these are extremely unusual in south Wales but, in Joshua Carney, we had an extremely dangerous individual.
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"This sickening incident is every woman’s worst nightmare and understandably both females have suffered severe shock and emotional trauma.
“It must have been absolutely terrifying for them and they have been extremely brave throughout this ordeal."
