A man who raped two women while on bail for a similar charge has been jailed for 25 years.
Leicester man Randy Ayor, 22, attacked one woman following his acquittal, then raped another victim while on bail for that attack.
The first woman to accuse Ayor said he became friendly towards her before tricking her into going back to his flat after a night out with friends, where she says he raped and assaulted her.
Ayor was ultimately acquitted of that charge, but within weeks of that, he sexually assaulted another woman, switching abruptly from being charming and caring to being violent, a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said.
When that victim came forward, the CPS brought charges against Ayor and asked the court to remand him to prison to protect other women, but he was instead released on bail.
The first victim told detectives she had met Ayor in a city nightclub and that he raped her on several occasions, and strangled her to the point where she thought she was going to lose consciousness.
While on bail, Ayor attacked a second woman, who said she was raped and strangled by Ayor, who took her phone and dictated who she could speak with and where she could go.
She said he also became angry if she attempted to speak to other men, and discouraged her from spending time with her family at Christmas.
Although Ayor was acquitted of raping the first woman who accused him, she was able to give her account to a jury again as ‘bad character evidence’ because her allegations were so similar to the other two women, prosecutors said.
All three women described Ayor as being ‘outwardly considerate and charming’ at first, followed by an abrupt switch to violence, controlling behaviour and sexual abuse.
In April, a jury at Leicester Crown Court convicted Ayor of one count of assault by penetration, five counts of rape and one count of strangulation against the first victim.
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Against his second victim, he was convicted of one count of rape, one count of false imprisonment, two counts of actual bodily harm, one count of assault by beating and one count of controlling or coercive behaviour. He pleaded guilty to one count of strangulation against her.
To protect future victims, the CPS applied to the court to sentence him as a dangerous offender, which means adding an extra period of up to eight years to the sentence he would normally get.
Earlier this week, Ayor was given 22 years behind bars, extended by three years, making it 25 years behind bars.
Charlotte Caulton-Scott, from CPS, said: ‘Randy Ayor is a ruthless predator and a danger to women. He targeted women in vulnerable situations and used charm to deceive them. He manipulated multiple situations to trap his victims, assault them and rape them.
‘Although Ayor was acquitted of crimes against her, the extraordinary resolve of the first complainant to give evidence in this trial, contributed to him facing the consequences of his abhorrent crimes.’
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