Dmitrus Aleinkovs jailed for rape at Central Criminal Court

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Dmitrus Aleinkovs was jailed for rape at the Central Criminal Court on 6 December 2024, receiving a seven-year sentence for the June 2016 offence.

The court heard that Aleinkovs raped his landlady while she was temporarily unable to move after taking drugs that had been spiked by another man, who had also raped her.

The judge identified the victim’s vulnerability and Aleinkovs’ breach of trust as aggravating features. The sentence was backdated to December 2022, when he entered custody after extradition from Latvia.