UK court rules man cannot have sex without informing the police 24 hours in advance

Cases of sexual assault have seen an alarming rise as efforts are being made to curb crimes against women, but some cases can turn out to be mind boggling when it’s difficult to decide if a person acquitted by court is actually guilty or not.

Such is the case of 45-year-old John O’Neil from York, UK, whose life has been turned upside down after he was tried for rape and was described by the judge as a ‘very dangerous individual’.

The father of two was leading a happy life with his own house in York along with his long term partner and two daughters, in 2007 his partner left him and went to the US with their daughters, but this setback was only the beginning of O’Neil’s troubles.

Today he is jobless and lives all alone in a tent outside the city, as he roams around in a mall to kill time. In public view, O’Neil is a sexual predator and he cannot work since any computer he works on is up for inspection by the police.

O’Neil, who claims he is a victim of a conspiracy by a former girlfriend and the police, cannot have an intimate relationship since he has to inform the police 24 hours before having sex, along with details and address of the woman, so that they can warn her in advance.

While the jury acquitted O’Neil in a retrial for a rape case filed against him, the judge called him a manipulative and narcissistic person and told the prosecutor to, “Inform the authorities although this man has been acquitted it is my judgment he is a very dangerous individual.”

The magistrate later issued a Sexual Risk Order against O’Neil, banning him from even deleting his browser history, while he claims that he was just indulging in light Sadomasochism, similar to what was described in ‘50 Shades Of Grey’.

The female friend who filed a complaint against him said that one night O’Neil turned up at her house and described how he tortured and raped a woman before hanging her to death, burned his mother and forced another woman to re-enact a rape she had suffered.

She claims that he then raped her as he seemed like ‘a monster’, while O’Neil described it as consensual sex. While he might have been acquitted in a retrial, the jury in the first hearing was unable to reach a judgment.

O’Neil’s life post the end of his family life in 2007 also raises questions. He enrolled for an English Literature course at York St John University, where he met and became engaged with a Japanese student, who went back and found out she was pregnant.

She terminated her pregnancy against O’Neil’s wish, and the abortion created health issues for her. As O’Neil paid for her treatment, he was left penniless and had to drop out.

As O’Neil slipped into depression and started sleeping rough, he met a woman who was a member of a fetish society, and allegedly introduced him to S&M, as they even indulged in role plays which involved O’Neil pretending to rape her. He claimed it helped drown the pain and acted as an outlet for both, since both of them had lost a child and were in an ‘emotional hell’.

While the judge mentioned in court that, 'I have become increasingly concerned with Mr O'Neill during the course of the day. I found him to be a vain, manipulative, grand-standing individual.'

To this O’Neil told Daily Mail that, “People in authority don't like me, I am an arrogant p***k. Every judge has taken an instant dislike. You are supposed to kiss a** when there is a judge in the room, and even when I am scared stiff I don't seem that way.”

Although O’Neil has appealed against the order which her describes as ‘draconian’, it’s not clear if he is actually a risk to the society due to his state of mind, or if he has been denied the right to lead a normal life.