The Stanford University student found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has been accused of failing to express ‘remorse’ in his court statement.

Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in prison last week after being convicted of three felonies, including assault with intent to rape. The case made international headlines after the woman he attacked published a powerful letter, in which she described the distress Turner had caused her. Critics have questioned the ‘leniency’ of the sentence, of which Turner could serve just three months, called for Judge Aaron Persky to be recalled.

In his letter to judge Persky, obtained in full by the Guardian, 20-year-old Brock Turner placed the blame for his actions on campus ‘party culture’, ‘peer pressure’ and alcohol.

The former swimmer wrote:

“At this point in my life, I never want to have a drop of alcohol again. I never want to attend a social gathering that involves alcohol or any situation where people make decisions based on the substances they have consumed. I never want to experience being in a position where it will have a negative impact on my life or someone else's ever again. I've lost two jobs solely based on the reporting of my case. I wish I never was good at swimming or had the opportunity to attend Stanford, so maybe the newspapers wouldn't want to write stories about me.”