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LONDON: An Indian-origin finance consultant was sentenced to eight
years in prison for raping an 18-year-old woman after a night out
drinking with his colleagues.
Sanjay Naker, a 28-year-old married man from north London, had denied
three charges of rape, one count of attempted rape, one charge of
assault by penetration, and a count of sexual assault at Inner London
Crown Court.
The jury found him guilty of all charges but cleared him of the charge
of assault by penetration at the end of the trial on Thursday.
Sentencing him, Judge Freya Newberry said: "If you formed a view that
the woman wanted to have sex with you, you were very much mistaken. It
was quite clear that you decided that you wanted to have sex with her
and she had no recollection of what happened but you saw an opportunity.
It was a mixture of your own desire and arrogance regardless of any
intoxication on your part."
The 28-year-old was found guilty of carrying the woman over his
shoulder after she was denied entry into a nightclub in central London
for being drunk and raping her in an alleyway.
The court heard that on March 11 last year, the 18-year-old victim had
been out for the night at a bar in London Bridge area before being asked
to leave as she had too much to drink.
Naker had been outside the bar, he saw the victim and began talking to
her. The CCTV footage showed them chatting, Naker appearing to show her
concern, picking her up when she fell and offering her his jacket. At
one point he gave her a piggyback.
He then tried to kiss her and she pushed him off. He kept trying to
pull her in the opposite direction to where she was walking and
eventually succeeded, dragging her to a secluded corner. There he raped
her and sexually assaulted her multiple times, the jury was told.
Security staff working nearby went to investigate, having seen
suspicious activity on the CCTV. Naker told them he had met the woman in
a club nearby and he gave them his details and then left.
During the trial, it emerged that the staff found the woman unconscious
on the ground with her underwear pulled down and called an ambulance.
She was taken to a hospital to recover and later taken to a crisis
centre, where it was determined she had been raped.
Naker was arrested the following day. During his police interview, he
claimed the victim had asked him for sex but was charged with rape in
November last year.
The accused told police the sex was consensual and said the woman had
not appeared drunk. He admitted later searching online for a definition
of the word "rape" but said it reassured him he had done nothing wrong.
Investigating officer, Detective Constable Aidan Kersley from Scotland
Yard's Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command, said: "Naker
deliberately targeted his victim as someone intoxicated and vulnerable.
After talking to her for a matter of minutes, he managed to drag her to a
secluded area where he raped her.
"She has no memory of what happened. Naker then brazenly gave security
guards his name, confident that the victim's intoxication would protect
him."
However, the Metropolitan Police said its investigation was able to
prove the woman had been raped and build a strong case against him
because "the simple fact was, she was too drunk to give her consent".
"This case shows that no matter what the circumstances, we will work
tirelessly to bring rapists and sexual offenders to justice. Anyone who
sadly finds themselves in similar circumstances should take courage from
this case and the conviction we have seen today. Our officers are
experienced, highly trained and treat victims with the sensitivity and
compassion they deserve," Kersley added.
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