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Violent offender who raped partner after miscarriage jailed for 11.5 years
Summary
A 25‑year‑old man pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and was sentenced to 11½ years in prison, with five years of post‑release supervision and a prohibition on contacting his former partner. The court considered four additional rape incidents between January and February 2021, all involving the man raping the woman while she was in bed or doing laundry, and the man filming the assaults and sending the videos to friends. The judge noted the man's history of 34 convictions, 11 of which involved the same woman, including assault and coercive control. The victim's impact statement described the attacks as brutal, the woman as vulnerable, and the lasting emotional harm she suffered. The sentence was reduced from a headline 17‑year term due to the man's guilty plea and expression of remorse. The court also ordered the man to remain in prison for any previous Circuit Court offences against the woman.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Violent offender who raped partner after miscarriage jailed for 11.5 years. Charges or matters: two charges of rape, with a further four sample charges of rape taken into account, on dates between December 2020 and February 2021. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2021 Incident
- August 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2023-11-20 Publication
Why: He began thrusting his hips into her and she told him to stop because her daughter was downstairs. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: two charges of rape, with a further four sample charges of rape taken into account, on dates between December 2020 and February 2021 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Sonya McLean and Fiona Ferguson A violent and controlling offender who raped his partner the night she returned home from hospital having just miscarried their child and filmed himself carrying out a later rape attack to send to his friends has been jailed for 11 and a half years. Mr Justice McDermott today imposed an 11 and a half year sentence having taken into account the fact that he has served prison time for previous Circuit Court offences against the woman.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
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