Attacker shared footage on Snapchat

A sex attacker who filmed himself raping a woman and shared the footage on social media has been jailed for 13 years.

Taulant Krasniqi, 25, chatted the woman up on the dancefloor at a nightclub in Kingston, south London, and they went back to her home on 12 November 2017.

The victim went to sleep in her bedroom alone but awoke briefly to find Krasniqi at the foot of her bed with a phone in his hand.

Krasniqi left her home the next morning but one of the woman’s friends contacted her later that day to say she had been sent a video on Snapchat.

The clip, sent by an unknown person, showed the woman lying naked in bed and an empty condom wrapper.

The woman called police as she had not consented to having sex with Krasniqi.

He and arrested but claimed the woman had consented to sex.

His phone was seized and videos were found showing Krasniqi having sex with the woman, who was not in a position to consent.

Messages from Krasniqi’s phone also showed he had spoken to friends stating he had taken items from the room, including an Oyster Card and iPod.

Krasniqi, of Cottingham Road, Feltham, west London, denied but was convicted of rape by a jury at Kingston Crown Court.

He earlier admitted voyeurism and theft.

Detective Inspector Julian Crabb said: ‘Krasniqi knew that the woman he had gone home with was in no position to consent to sexual activity yet he took advantage of this situation and raped her.

‘He also filmed to woman without her knowledge and shared this on social media.

‘His behaviour is truly abhorrent and I am pleased that he has been handed a lengthy prison sentence which reflects the gravity of his offending.

‘I would also like to commend the woman who Krasniqi attacked – she has shown immense courage to report this to police and support this investigation and I hope this sentencing allows her the opportunity to begin to move on with her life.’