S&M rapist gets Christmas in Belmarsh

A civil servant who claimed his rape victim’s allegations were part of her S&M fantasies is facing jail. Vidul Vithlani, 27, claimed the woman enjoyed taking part in fantasy roleplay, spanking and BDSM (bondage, discipline, domination, sadism (or submission) and masochism). But the Old Bailey jury rejected his defence and unanimously convicted him of rape and sexual assault. The politics and international relations graduate said they had ‘sexted’ each other and discussed rough sex before he arranged to meet the…