Olwen Dudgeon
A DRUG-crazed rapist, who talked about vampires and the devil to his terrified victim after holding her prisoner, has been jailed for 10 years.
Matthew Wilson also threatened to stab two men in the heart and to drink their blood when they went to the aid of the 28-year-old woman.
She was a prostitute who had agreed to go with Wilson to the deserted back garden of a house in Beeston, Leeds, but once there he suddenly turned violent, subjecting her to a frightening attack, Richard Mansell, prosecuting, said.
Wilson fled after the two men approached, but his bizarre behaviour on drink and amphetamines was seen again days later, when he was arrested for a public order offence.
While in the police station he was captured on camera talking of the devil being on his back, and of being able to escape by walking through the wall of his cell.
That behaviour subsequently led to him being connected to the earlier rape.
Wilson, 25, then of Buckton Mount, Beeston, was found guilty by a jury at Leeds Crown Court of two charges of raping the woman, false imprisonment and affray on July 5 last year.
Jailing him yesterday, Judge James Stewart QC said Wilson had threatened to kill the woman if she screamed
He raped her, forced her to perform a sex act and would not let her leave. "You spoke of vampires, asked her to do sums and spell the devil backwards. The victim regarded this as torture."
During the terrifying and bizarre attack, Wilson also recited names of witnesses from a previous trial, when he had been cleared of raping prostitutes.
It was only when two men, Vaseem Ahmed and off-duty community officer Abubakar Saddique, pulled up in a car nearby and the woman called for help, that Wilson left the garden, threatening to stab them with a knife in the heart and to drink their blood.
They gave chase but he got away. Judge Stewart awarded each £200 from public funds for their actions.
Wilson was arrested days later when his erratic behaviour was filmed, and he was linked to the rape.
Wilson denied the charges at trial, but had since admitted his guilt in a letter to the judge.
Simon Waley, for Wilson, said his record included offences of affray and dishonesty, but he had never before been convicted of a sex crime. His behaviour changed after he began injecting amphetamines. A medical report concluded that his paranoid behaviour was due to the combination of hallucinogenic drugs and alcohol.
Judge Stewart said the psychiatrist also assessed Wilson as someone who targeted prostitutes and was at risk of re-offending. He ordered him to register as a sex offender for life.
Det Sgt Stuart Smith said after the case: "This was a vicious and sustained attack against a vulnerable woman. She was subjected to a despicable and traumatic crime."