A person accused of following an aged girl into her Lakeview retirement heart and making an attempt to sexually abuse her final 12 months has acquired a four-year jail sentence.
Patrick Somerville, 43, pleaded responsible to residential housebreaking earlier than Decide Timothy Joyce, who handed down the sentence, in accordance with Prepare dinner County courtroom data. In change, prosecutors dropped eight different felony counts, together with dwelling invasion and a number of intercourse offense expenses.
The case stemmed from an incident on the night of October 15, 2024, within the 1500 block of West Belmont Avenue. Prosecutors stated the 82-year-old sufferer, who has dementia, went exterior for a cigarette and was returning to her condominium when Somerville slipped in behind her via a secured door.
As soon as inside, Somerville adopted her to her unit and sat down on her sofa, prosecutors stated. When the girl realized he was there, she instructed him to depart. Prosecutors stated Somerville walked towards the door together with his pants down, kissed her shoulder, grabbed her, and tried to the touch her over her clothes.
Video surveillance confirmed Somerville getting into the girl’s condominium, and audio captured her repeatedly telling him to “go away, go away,” prosecutors stated.
When police later arrested Somerville, he allegedly admitted to being within the constructing and instructed investigators that he and the girl “had a bit of enjoyable collectively,” prosecutors claimed.
Somerville should serve half of his four-year sentence and can obtain credit score for time already spent in custody since his arrest. He’s anticipated to be launched on parole on October 15, 2026.
