A callous brute who twice raped a multiple scleros

A callous brute who twice raped a multiple sclerosis sufferer
fainted at the Old Bailey as he was jailed for seven years.

The 30-year-old mother of three was powerless to fight off
her drug-crazed former lover when he demanded sex and refused
to take no for an answer.

Afterwards, the defendant sent her a series of apologetic
letters but just six days later returned to her Southgate home
and subjected her to an all-night sex ordeal.

At the Old Bailey he was convicted of two charges of rape.

The jury was told the first rape happened when the 30-year-
old defendant visited her home on June 5 last year to see their
two children.

After the youngsters were in bed, he tried to convince her to
resume their nine-year relationship.

She refused.

He asked for a cuddle but then ripped off her clothes and
raped her.

The handicapped woman was powerless to resist.

Over the next few days, she was sent a series of letters
in which the defendant effectively apologised for raping her.

Then on June 11, he returned to the house and knocked
persistently on the door until she let him in.

Inside, he grabbed a kitchen knife and smoked crack cocaine
while holding the knife against his terrified victim’s throat.

He then subjected her to an extended rape ordeal.

As soon as she could get away, she phoned the police and
accused him of rape.

The defendant maintained she had fully consented to sex on
both occasions but the jury rejected his story and convicted him
on both charges.

He collapsed in the dock as he was found guilty.

Judge Quarren Evans was told the verdict would mean the
defendant, who at the time was ‘indulging to the point of
addiction’ in crack, was unlikely to see his children again.

The judge said he took into account that the defendant had
had a nine-year relationship with his victim and was the father
of her children.

‘But that does not give you the right to continue such a
relationship against her wishes or to behave in the way you did
on these two occasions.

‘The jury’s verdict must include the fact that violence was
used on her and on the second occasion a weapon was used to
frighten her.

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A jail term was inevitable, the judge said.

The defendant fainted as he was sentenced to seven years jail
and ordered to pay pnds stlng 2,500 costs.

He shook his head as
he was led to the cells.

ENDS