Locations
Chapel Drove, Horton Heath, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50
Description
A man who was found guilty of the repeated rape of a woman at addresses in Eastleigh and Southampton has now been jailed.
Ashley Scott Hudson, 30, of Chapel Drove in Eastleigh, appeared at Southampton Crown Court today (Friday 25 April) where he was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Back in January, a jury sitting at the same court found Hudson guilty of six counts of rape and one count of attempted rape.
The jury were told how in November 2021 a woman in her 20s reported to police that Hudson had raped her on six occasions between August 2019 and October 2021, as well as attempting to rape her on one occasion.
Hudson was arrested and charged with the offences but denied them, and the case went to a trial which began on Tuesday 14 January at Southampton Crown Court.
The court heard how on each occasion Hudson had repeatedly ignored the woman involved when she told him she didn’t want to have sex with him.
Despite denying the offences, the jury found Hudson guilty a week after the trial began, on January 21st.
He has now been sentenced to 16 years in prison with an additional five years extended licence. He will also be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order indefinitely.