‘Dangerous man’ Bermudian Tyevon Bean was convicted of 20 offences including rape, assault, controlling behaviour and strangulation.
violent bully who targeted and “preyed on” four vulnerable women – leaving them suffering trauma and nightmares – has been jailed for 18 years after being branded a “dangerous” offender.
Serial criminal and “narcissist” Tyevon Bean had “very badly affected all of them” and he had caused serious emotional harm to the women through his nasty, sadistic and “manipulative” behaviour towards them, Hull Crown Court heard.
Bean, 35, of Hull, but recently in custody on remand, was convicted by a jury of 20 offences after a trial lasting about three weeks. The charges, including violence and sexual offences, involved four women in the Hull, East Yorkshire, Grimsby and Cleethorpes areas between 2021 and last year.
They included two offences of rape, two offences of assault causing actual bodily harm and other offences of intentional strangulation, making a threat to kill and using controlling and coercive behaviour against one woman, now aged 20.
He was also convicted of three offences of assault causing actual bodily harm, three offences of intentional strangulation and another of assault by penetration against a second woman, now aged 21.
Bean, originally from Bermuda, was also convicted of two offences of intentional strangulation and another of assault causing actual bodily harm against a third woman, now aged 45, as well as rape, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice, involving a fourth woman, now 20.
Andrew Petterson, prosecuting, said: “They were all, in their individual way, vulnerable women.”
The first woman said of her ordeal: “It has been the hardest time of my life. The defendant knew he was wrong all this time.
“This all could have been avoided if he would have taken responsibility for his actions. I don’t believe that he feels any remorse for his actions. My life went downhill.
“I was absolutely frightened of him. Even to this day, I am walking around looking over my shoulder. I am constantly worried about being attacked. I struggle to get out of bed to go to work sometimes. I think about what has happened to me all the time.”
She branded Bean a “narcissist” and said that she had suffered from depression and anxiety. “He’s a dangerous man,” she said.
The second woman said: “I have flashbacks about what happened to me. I fear all the time that he will kill me. Therapy helps but it doesn’t take away what happened.
“I have just had to try to get through the trauma and flashbacks. I feel like I have a lot of anxiety now. My feelings towards men have changed. I don’t know if I ever will get back to the old me.”
The third woman said: “I am devastated about what Tye did to me. I felt like he took advantage of me because of my kind nature. Going to court was scary and horrible, having to stand in the box and relive what happened to me.”
The fourth woman said: “Every time I left my address, I was broken. I stopped trusting people. I still don’t trust people.
“After it happened, I suffered with nightmares and night sweats. I couldn’t deal with the trauma. After it happened, I just lost who I was and lost motivation for anything.
“I hate Tye for what he did to me. He took advantage of me. I think Tye is a manipulative person. Tye thinks he is above the law.”
Mr Petterson told the court that Bean was, at the age of 17, convicted in 2007 of an offence of sexual assault, committed when he was aged 16. He had been locked up for two years in Bermuda.
He had convictions for two offences of robbery in 2009, when he was given a suspended sentence, and he had a conviction in 2010 for wounding or grievous bodily harm, when he was jailed for 18 months.
Bean was jailed in 2014 for four years for robbery and two offences of attempted robbery and he had a conviction in 2019 for affray, when he was given a community order.
Richard Butters, mitigating, said: “The defendant has been disbelieved by the jury. He has been convicted of very serious offences.
“He won’t be out for at least 10 years and there will then be a very lengthy licence period.
“He came into the country in 2012. He never claimed benefits. He was a hard worker. That’s some crumb of comfort.”
Story courtesy of hulldailymail.co.uk
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